Crime

Police on Saturday said they are investigating a ring of illegal provision of privileges to asylum seekers within the immigration department after an officer employed there was arrested for issuing ...

A minor was found driving on the opposite side of the road facing oncoming traffic in Paphos, police said on Saturday. Officers spotted the minor around 3am on Saturday and ...

Limassol police arrested a 17-year-old teenager and a 21-year-old man on suspicion of stealing from an elderly woman’s home this week. The two were arrested on Friday on charges ...

Lawyer Panayiotis Kleovoulou, who led an attack against a gathering of left-wing organisations at the Limassol public university in 2017, was sentenced to ten months in jail on Friday. The 63-year-old ...

A migration department officer was arrested on Friday in connection with an ongoing investigation where residencies were issued to third country nationals. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said he was disappointed ...

Two people have been arrested after attempting to smuggle a kilogram of cannabis to the north across the Ledras Street crossing point. The suspects, whose names have not yet been ...

Paphos Police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old man against whom a European arrest warrant was pending. According to police spokesman and head of CID Michalis Nikolaou, at 1.40pm, the wanted ...

Limassol police on Wednesday took into custody another suspect for an investigated case of importation of 100g of cannabis resin, for which a 34-year-old was already issued a seven-day detention ...

A 38-year-old man has been jailed for two years after being found guilty of aiding third country nationals to illegally enter the country, having driven a boat from Syria into ...

The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on Wednesday handed down a ten-year prison sentence to a 33-year-old woman, after finding her guilty of smuggling of 16.8 kilograms of cannabis. According to a police ...

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to five months in jail by the Nicosia district court on Tuesday after he was found guilty of violent conduct during a football match between ...

Police in Paphos on Tuesday arrested a 29-year-old man for sending threatening text messages. According to police spokesman, Michalis Nikolaou, a 39-year-old permanent resident of Paphos filed a report, stating ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 34-year-old based on a court warrant for a case of importation and possession of illegal drugs. The arrest came following inspection by customs officials of ...

The trial of a man accused of killing 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot Zehie Helin Reessur in the north in January is set to restart on June 20. The trial of Sefer Buğ...

A brazen attempted robbery took place in Kissonerga in the early hours of Tuesday as a van rammed into a shop, but the attacker left empty handed. Police detailed that ...

Police in Limassol on Monday arrested a 52-year-old man for possession of illegal drugs and stolen property. According to police statement, around 11.30pm officers on motorised patrol stopped a pedestrian ...

Police on Monday arrested a suspect for an investigated case of several burglaries and thefts. The case involves five incidences of successful residential burglaries and thefts, and another attempted burglary ...

Police on Monday in Nicosia arrested a man for possession of a stolen bicycle, after its rightful owner spotted it being advertised for sale online. According to the police, the ...

Police on Monday took into custody two suspects for an investigated case of theft, following an attempt to resist arrest which ended with officers firing shots at the vehicle’s ...

A 39-year-old man was arrested on Monday in Limassol after he was found with cannabis and cocaine in his car. According to police, he was pulled over at around 2pm ...

Police on Monday were cross-referencing information and examining some CCTV footage of the Parekklisia area where a 39-year-old was murdered on Saturday night. According to Limassol police, the results of ...

An 82-year-old was remanded for five days on Monday by the Limassol court, while police investigate an alleged attempted murder against a 67-year-old man in the village of Alassa. According ...

An elderly woman in Larnaca was scammed into handing over €70,000 of cash, which she had at home, to scammers. According to the police, on Sunday evening the 79-year-old filed a ...

Police were on Monday investigating a 57-year-old man found to be in possession of duty-free cigarettes and a quantity of cheese products of unknown origin According to Paphos police spokesman ...