Coronavirus: police will adapt procedures to new measures
Police will carry out coronavirus related checks where and when necessary, adapting their procedures according to the new measures. The ‘coronapass’ is expected to be introduced with the lifting of the...
View ArticleWoman arrested five years after warrants issued
A 35-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of obtaining money under false pretenses on the basis of arrest warrants issued five years ago. She is a suspect in five cases of fraud. Police said...
View ArticleNew Limassol police station to ensure public safety
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis visited the new police station at Anexartisias street in Limassol on Wednesday, saying that the goal is to help locals feel safer. She was accompanied by police chief...
View ArticlePolice seize duty-free tobacco, laughing gas
A total of 4,700 grammes of duty-free tobacco, 87 counterfeit logo T-shirts and 3,813 laughing gas ampoules were confiscated after police and customs checks in the Famagusta district. Police and the...
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Man sought for GBH (photo)
Cyprus police is looking for Erkan Osbay, aged 40, on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and injury to another man. Osbay, originally from Turkey, is a permanent resident of Cyprus. The man is...
View ArticleMan runs red light, arrested for suspected burglary
Nicosia police arrested a 25-year-old man late on Monday on suspicion of stealing construction tools. The man was arrested after patrol officers spotted him running a red light around 11pm. With a...
View ArticleOver 2,000 police will be on duty on election day
Police are ready to meet the demands of election day on Sunday by dispatching over 2,000 officers on the streets, according to the chief of police Stelios Papatheodorou. Speaking to the Cyprus News...
View ArticleMan arrested for possession of drugs after police chase
Police have arrested a 27-year-old man who injured a policeman when fleeing a police check, having first thrown out eight pouches containing five grams of cannabis out of the window of his car....
View ArticleHunters party candidate arrested after fracas with police officer over mask
A candidate for the hunters’ party is to be charged with assaulting a police officer at a polling station in Limassol, with police saying he had pushed and swore at an officer in an altercation over...
View ArticleVet services, police step up cooperation against animal abuse (updated)
A cooperation protocol between state veterinary services and police constitutes another important step in effectively dealing with animal abuse, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis said on Tuesday after...
View ArticleOwner finds unexploded bomb under car
Police said Tuesday a bomb had been found under a car in Xylophagou, which apparently failed to explode. The device was found by the 55-year-old owner of the vehicle at around 12.30pm. Police cordoned...
View ArticlePolice investigate case of attempted murder after parking dispute
Paphos CID are investigating a case of attempted murder after a man was hospitalised with a broken leg late on Wednesday following an argument over a parking space. According to the police, a...
View ArticleChallenge to legality of arrest warrant for British woman who criticised...
A court challenge into the legality of an arrest warrant issued against a British mother for calling a local community leader ‘useless’ in the comments section of a Facebook post has been launched,...
View ArticleRespect for rules of the road saved police officer’s life, force says
A police motorcyclist involved in a serious traffic accident on Saturday behaved correctly and followed the Highway Code, which saved his life, police said on Sunday. The accident happened at 3.20 on...
View Article199 people booked in Paphos for traffic and other offences
Nearly 200 people were booked in Paphos over the weekend after a police campaign to prevent road accidents, burglaries and thefts, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. It said that as part of...
View ArticleWomen protest over AG’s decision not to prosecute police officers (Updated)
A group of demonstrators on Wednesday gathered outside the offices of the legal service to protest against a decision by the attorney-general not to prosecute 15 police officers named in an independent...
View ArticleOur View: Criminal case against officers in serial killer affair could not be...
Anger at the decision of the attorney-general not to prosecute the 15 policemen over their apparent failure to investigate the disappearance of foreign women that were subsequently discovered to have...
View ArticlePolice warn of increased traffic, more patrols on Monday
Police warned motorists on Monday there would be increased patrols in the afternoon with the expected return of people to urban areas after the long weekend. Increased traffic is expected on main...
View ArticleMan caught doing 180 km per hour on motorway
A 25-year-old man will appear in Larnaca district court on Tuesday after he was caught doing 180 km per hour on the Larnaca-Kophinou motorway. The speed limit on the motorway is 100 km per hour. Police...
View ArticleThree arrested for attempted theft
Police said on Tuesday that have nabbed three men trying to steal catalytic converters from a Nicosia warehouse. Acting on information, police on Monday evening went to the warehouse where they found...
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