Crime

A group of six foreign students reported they were attacked with “sharp objects” by hooded men in their Limassol home in the early hours of Saturday. Police said the students ...

Two men were arrested in Limassol on Friday afternoon for residing illegally in Cyprus and the possession of a weapon, police said on Saturday. The men were stopped by two ...

Two Turkish Cypriots have been fined a total of €8,400 by the customs department for attempting to smuggle untaxed tobacco products from the north into the Republic. According to a statement, ...

Two Cypriot men have been ordered to pay fines exceeding €32,000 following separate customs violations at Larnaca airport, according to a statement by the customs department. The most serious case occurred ...

A 15-year-old was remanded for 24 hours on Friday after he and his 13-year-old friend were allegedly found carrying flammable materials in Limassol. The two boys were stopped by police after ...

A 36-year-old woman has been remanded in custody for seven days after being caught inside a man’s home in the early hours of Friday in Limassol. The suspect, who ...

A 77-year-old has lost around €142,000 after “investing” in a scheme advertised online that turned out to be a scam, police reported on Friday. Following his registration with the scheme in ...

The police on Friday announced that they had made a fifth arrest in connection with an alleged attack on five members of a volleyball team from Paphos outside a nightclub. ...

Three people were arrested over an attack on a man who is being held in custody in the central prison, the police announced on Friday. The men are aged 34, 28, and 26 ...

Police on Thursday were in pursuit of a man who refused to stop when officers flagged down his car for a check. The initial incident took place around 3.30pm in ...

The police have issued an urgent warning over a surge in fraudulent messages circulating on social media and mobile phones, falsely claiming recipients owe money for traffic violations. Authorities say ...

Two suspects, aged 33 and 28, arrested in connection with a house burglary in Nicosia, the theft of a motorcycle, and other offences, are to be remanded by the Nicosia district court ...

An attack inside Cyprus’ central prisons was on Tuesday branded an “attempted murder” by a prisoners’ rights group, which called for an urgent police investigation. The Association for the Protection ...

A 16-year-old was arrested in Paphos on Easter Sunday for illegal possession of firecrackers, as part of a nationwide police operation targeting youth delinquency during the Easter holidays. According to ...

Rocks and firecrackers were thrown at the police by youths in the Larnaca suburb in Livadia when they responded to a call in the area at around midnight, the police ...

Police intervened in tens of incidents over Friday night of illegal Easter bonfires (lambradjies) and firecracker throwing, while in more than one case police themselves were attacked. In total, 233 checks ...

A man arrested at Paphos airport after it emerged he had swallowed cocaine to smuggle it into Cyprus was remanded in police custody for eight days on Saturday by Papos ...

A prison warden, a prison inmate and the inmate’s wife will stand trial for corruption, bribery and racketeering, following a decision handed down by Nicosia district court on Thursday. ...

Police announced on Thursday the arrest of an individual in possession of 28 kilogrammes of untaxed hookah tobacco, discovered in packages lacking the mandatory Greek and Turkish markings typically found on ...

A 55-year-old man was arrested in the Larnaca district for the illegal possession of undeclared animal products, police said on Wednesday. According to the statement, Larnaca police stopped a car ...

Two teenagers were arrested on Tuesday over fires which broke out in five bins near a middle school in Larnaca. The fire started in the early hours of Sunday morning, ...

The Paphos District Court on Tuesday issued a seven-day remand order against a minor in connection with an ongoing investigation into a suspected arson attack on a car. According to ...

A 35-year-old man from Limassol has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an attack at a pharmacy in Chlorakas on Monday. He is expected to be transferred to ...

Police on Sunday arrested one more person in connection with the attempted eviction of a group of third-country nationals from a block of flats in Oroklini on April 5, which turned ...