Crime

A 48-year-old man was arrested in the Famagusta district on Sunday after police discovered 860 grams of cannabis and 270 grams of cocaine at his home during a coordinated operation by the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was on Sunday reported to the police by the north’s supreme election council after allegedly breaking electoral law during a television appearance on Saturday ...

Five people were arrested for various offences during coordinated police operations in Larnaca on Saturday night and early Sunday, police said. The checks were carried out as part of ongoing ...

Police arrested a 19-year-old man in the early hours of Sunday after he was caught driving at 190km/h on the Limassol–Nicosia highway while under the influence of alcohol. ...

Police on Saturday night arrested a 44-year-old former footballer in connection with the murder of 49-year-old Stavros Demosthenous, which was committed on Friday morning in Limassol. The suspect was later ...

The appeals court ratified a district court ruling by which a minor is being held until his hearing on October 29 in relation with a case of arson and receiving stolen ...

A well-known Limassol businessman was shot on Friday morning and died on the motorway on the way to hospital. The man, identified as 49-year-old Stavros Demosthenous, was most well-known for ...

British bases police officers on Friday praised the quick thinking and bravery of a child for using the international hand signal for distress which led to their father being sentenced ...

A 34-year-old man was on Thursday remanded for eight days after allegedly firing shots into the air in an attempt to intimidate his former partner in a neighbourhood in the ...

A 17-year-old boy was arrested in Limassol on suspicion of burglary, driving a stolen car, and possession of drugs, but not before driving the stolen car into a house, the ...

A total of 657 packages containing tetrahydrocannabinol, 11 packages containing cannabidiol, 24 hand-rolled cigarettes with plant material, and a solid block of an unknown substance weighing about 100g were seized during a coordinated ...

The debacle surrounding the case of an attempted murder of a security guard and the arson of four hire cars continued at the Larnaca district court on Tuesday, with one ...

Parents, students and teachers of the 7th Primary School of Limassol on Tuesday will hold a peaceful protest demanding the replacement and funding for equipment stolen from the school the ...

A man and a woman, both aged 29, were arrested on Monday to facilitate police investigations into offences against a foreigner and the property of a Greek Cypriot businessman in Larnaca ...

No independent investigator has been appointed to probe allegations of rape at the central prison after the legal service did not offer a positive response to a request for one ...

An explosion which occurred outside an office building in Paphos was caused by a hand grenade, Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said on Friday. He said the ...

The police fired warning shots as they attempted to arrest a 19-year-old male over the alleged possession of illegal drugs, according to an announcement released on Friday. The incident occurred ...

A 52‑year‑old Greek Cypriot man was sentenced to four years in prison by the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) court for possession with intent to supply class A and class ...

Shots were fired at an office building in Limassol on Tuesday morning, the police said. The police said they were informed about the incident at around 3.50am, and that they ...

Extradition proceedings against 47-year-old Israeli citizen Alexei Karzhgor began on Monday at Larnaca District Court, following his arrest at the port on Saturday. Karzhgor, of Russian origin, faces charges of ...

A 47-year-old Israeli citizen, Alexei Karzhgor, has been arrested in Cyprus after an international arrest warrant was issued against him by Russia, a police spokesman told the Cyprus News Agency ...

A 47-year-old man was remanded in custody for four days by the Nicosia District Court on Sunday after fire started in Nicosia building. Police received information at 4.45 on Saturday morning ...

A 24-year-old man was remanded in police custody for eight days on Sunday after having been arrested the previous day for spreading child sexual abuse material online. According to information ...

Threats, blackmail, ‘protection’ and financial coercion appear to be behind Monday night’s attempted murder of a 42-year-old Ukrainian outside a seaside resort in Limassol. The police are looking for ...