Crime

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 ...

A high-power bomb exploded at a house in Tersefanou on Sunday morning, police said. No-one was injured in the explosion, at 4.20am, despite the fact the family was at home. ...

Sixteen kilos of cannabis was found in the luggage of a man arriving at Larnaca airport, police said on Sunday. The 28-year-old was remanded for eight days by Larnaca district ...

The woman who brought sexual assault charges against the former Kiti Bishop Chrysostomos said on Saturday she had expected his appeal against his guilty verdict. “I did not expect any ...

A teenager was hospitalised on Friday after he was stabbed in the abdomen and neck by a peer in an internet café in Limassol. A 17-year-old boy pulled a knife ...

A British foreign exchange company boss who used investors’ cash to fund his luxury lifestyle was sentenced in his absence to 14 years in jail on Friday over a 70 million pound ($88 ...

Over 100 traffic violations were recorded in Limassol during a 24-hour inspection campaign, police said on Friday, as 39 vehicles were impounded for further examination. A total of 39 motor vehicles – 26 cars and 13 ...

Police on Thursday night arrested another suspect following violence and hooliganism at the Apollon-Apoel football match in May. The latest arrest concerns a 24-year-old who had been wanted in connection ...

Police in Paphos arrested two drivers under the influence of drugs on Thursday afternoon. According to police spokesman and CID chief Michalis Nikolaou, shortly after 7pm officers of the crime ...

After a chase, police in Limassol on Thursday night arrested a man involved in a chain of unfortunate incidents. During traffic control operations, shortly before 12.30pm, officers noticed three young ...