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Five and four years jail terms for cannabis possession
Two men aged 24 and 40 were jailed for five and four years respectively on Thursday after being found guilty on drug charges by Limassol criminal court. The case follows a drug bust by anti-narcotics...
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Man arrested for attacking housemate
A 46-year-old man was remanded for four days on Saturday for allegedly injuring his housemate, as well as threatening violence for demanding personal property be handed over. According to a police...
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Email scam telling receivers they’re accused of sex offences
Scammers are sending emails using the Cyprus police logo that suggest receivers are being investigated for rape and other sexual offences, police warned on Monday. In a written statement, the force...
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Police appeal for witnesses after cyclist dies in collision
Limassol police are appealing for witnesses in connection with a fatal traffic accident that occurred in Limassol on Monday night. The victim, a young woman, was riding a bicycle on Markoni street at...
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Man jailed for nine months for 74 cases of theft from cars
Famagusta district court on Tuesday handed down a nine-month jail sentence to a 19-year-old man for a string of thefts. Police said the man was found guilty in 74 cases of theft from cars and two...
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36-year-old arrested for stealing car
Limassol police have arrested a 36-year-old man as they investigate the theft of a car. The car was stolen between July 7 and 13. It belonged to a company and was parked in a fenced area in Limassol....
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Man arrested for shoplifting
Paphos police have arrested a 43-year-old man suspected of shoplifting, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. It said that a Polis Chrysochous shopkeeper had spotted the man moving suspiciously...
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Man arrested for assaulting member of ambulance crew
A first responder was assaulted by a tourist early on Thursday morning prompting the state health services organisation (Okypy) to condemn the incident as totally unacceptable. A 24-year-old tourist...
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Police association raises pay issues with minister
The president of the police officers’ association Isotita (Equality) Nikos Loizides sent a letter to Justice Minister Stephie Dracou complaining about low salaries in the force. In the letter, Loizides...
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Demonstrators protest outside AG’s office over hybrid cat’s death
The Green Party, the Animal Party and other demonstrators gathered outside the attorney-general’s attorney’s office on Thursday to protest the death of the savannah cat Berton who died earlier this...
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Uptick in scams prompts new police warning
As cybercriminals are constantly looking for ways to make money at the expense of unsuspecting victims, both individuals and organisations often fall victim to various form of fraud, police said on...
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Police cooperation with Europol ‘extremely positive’ (updated)
Cooperation between the Cyprus police and Europol is “extremely positive and fruitful”, executive director of the latter Catherine De Bolle said on Tuesday after a meeting with the chief of police to...
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Agreement reached to revise pay scales of first responders
Consensus for an upgrade to the pay scales for police officers and firefighters was reached on Thursday between workers unions and the finance ministry. Unions Pasydy, Sak and Sypyk said that Finance...
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Police to investigate after Tsirio was packed for concert
Limassol CID on Saturday said it has launched an investigation into possible criminal offences after a sold-out concert overcrowded the Tsirio stadium in violation of safety rules earlier this week....
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15-year-old stopped driving quad bike
Police in Paphos stopped a 15-year-old minor driving a quad bike on Coral Bay Avenue. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, close to midnight on Sunday the quad bike driven by the...
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Remand after string of thefts
A 32-year-old Limassol man who had been wanted for a string of burglaries and thefts was remanded for six days by the Paphos district court on Tuesday after his arrest the previous day. Police had...
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Tourist arrested in Protaras for driving without a licence and drink driving
Famagusta police arrested a 22-year-old tourist for drink driving and driving without a licence early Thursday morning. According to Famagusta police spokesman Steve Theodoulou, the 22-year-old was...
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Limassol police arrest 5 in drug bust
Police in Limassol arrested five people found in possession of a total of 45 grammes of heroin, according to their announcement on Thursday. The five individuals ages, 21, 36, 22, 21, and 34, were...
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Report into prisons controversy handed over to AG
A report relating to allegations and counter-allegations between the central prisons director and the head of the Drugs Squad was handed over to the attorney-general on Thursday. The report was...
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Two arrested over drugs
Police arrested two individuals on Friday early hours in connection to a case of possession of burglary tools and drugs. According to Paphos police spokesman and CID chief Michalis Nicolaou, at around...
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