Police on Sunday afternoon arrested the attempted murderer who has been on the run since Thursday after he was spotted on the Limassol sea front.
The arrest followed alleged sightings of Doros Theofanous, 42, on Sunday morning in Nicosia.
Sources said he was arrested early in the afternoon near the Four Seasons hotel.
Theofanous disappeared when he was in Choletria in Paphos at a family function and under the guard of four prison officers and three members of the police special forces MMAD.