First arrest under new law against football violence

A 31 year old from Limassol was the first person to be arrested under the new legislation against violence in football stadiums whichwas recently put into effect. According to the police the man entered the pitch during the game between Apollon and Lokomotiv Moscow in Limassol on 21st August. He was immediately arrested and today […]

Animal Police – one officer per district appointed

The Cyprus Green Party Secretary, and representatives of Animal Welfare Organisations met on Friday with the Minister of Justice Ionas Nicolaou who briefed on his intent to appoint a police officer per district who will be responsible of coordinating the police efforts regarding animal abuse and killing complaints. He explained though that the main responsibility […]

Larnaca Airport bomb threat prankster arrested in 24 hours

The police arrested today a 56 year old man from Nicosia as the main suspect for yesterday morning’s bomb threats which turned out to be a hoax against Larnaca Aiport. Because of his phone call the Larnaca airport buildings were evacuated resulting into the airport closing down for an hour for the first time since […]

8 year old girl caught driving with her co-driver father

At around 16:30 yesterday during a police patrol in Polis Chrysochous an 8 year old girl was caught driving an old car accompanied by her father. The vehicle was stopped for check when the traffic police noticed the ‘size’ of the driver. To their surprise the police officers realized that the 8 year old was […]

Is our police force suffering from obesity?

According to today’s issue of Phileleftheros newspaper 500 police officers are being tested to determine their fitness after the alarming results of the preliminary tests which showed that our Police Force is suffering from obesity. Following a memo sent out by the Chief of Police, officers are visiting the Cyprus Sports Research Centre for a […]