Crime

By Nick Theodoulou and Iole Damaskinos Police on Tuesday were on the hunt for three Russian-speaking gem thieves who in a high-stake con made off with a five carat diamond ...

The fire service responded in the early hours of Monday after two car fires broke out in Nicosia. According to police, the first incident involved the car of an 87-year-old ...

Police on Sunday arrested a 59-year-old man in Limassol for possession and distribution of child pornography. Following evaluation of data and information by the electronic crime prosecution unit, police obtained ...

Police over the weekend began a strict clampdown on illegal activities associated with Easter fireworks and bonfire celebrations, police spokesman Christos Andreou told CyBC on Monday. In Paphos, two minors ...

Unknown perpetrators attacked and robbed a 65-year-old man in Limassol, police said on Sunday. The robbery took place a few minutes before 6am on Sunday as the man was walking ...

Israeli tourists reported their luggage, including valuable jewellery, has been stolen in Paphos, police said on Sunday. Four pieces of travel luggage were stolen from the rental car of the ...

Three teenagers who were found to be illegally in a residence in Paphos with burglary tools have been arrested, police said on Sunday. Following a tip-off, officers allegedly caught the 15...

Police arrested a 53-year-old woman, suspected of setting fire to a Limassol pub on Saturday. According to police, the fire was set around 7am on the premises, which belongs to ...

The justice ministry, police and other key players on Friday agreed on a memorandum of understanding in tackling hooliganism, which will be binding on all parties in terms of be ...

Police in Limassol arrested the owner of an insurance office believed to be involved in cases of illegal stay in the Republic and document forgery. A wanted third-country national has ...

Police unions decried the government’s measures aimed at tackling hooliganism as “unrealistic”, while it pointed out that others already exist but are not enforced. Nikos Loizides, head of the ...

Police have arrested another man, a 29-year-old, in connection to the incidents involving fans at the Anorthosis-Apollon basketball semi-finals, who fought with police officers last Sunday. The arrest took place ...

A 58-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday night in connection to several cases of illegal stay in the Republic and document forgery, the same for which a further 17 people are ...

Shady dealings have been uncovered and the police have made arrests for driving licences having been issued on the basis of fake residence permits. The case has led to three ...

Police on Wednesday arrested a 42-year-old man, suspected to be the person who deceived two elderly women by impersonating an electricity authority (EAC) rep to rob them. According to Limassol ...

Police on Wednesday are investigating a vehicle fire which broke out at dawn in Emba. According to head of Paphos CID, Michalis Nikolaou, around 2 am a fire broke out in ...

Three minors were charged in writing on Wednesday for attempted property destruction in a chapel in Paphos. Police arrested the youths, aged aged 14, 15 and 16, on Tuesday, following interrogation, for setting ...

A 55-year-old Ukrainian woman was on Tuesday sentenced to six months in prison after she brandished a knife last August at a pro-Russia gathering. Larnaca district court handed down the ...

Two men were remanded in custody for seven days on Tuesday after their arrest for allegedly being involved in a case of staging a robbery. The incident unfolded at around ...

The 73-year-old private doctor held in custody since Friday in a sexual harassment case was released on Monday with conditions, to be summoned to court at a later date. A 24...

A Greek Cypriot man was remanded for three days in the north after a drug bust he tried to flee from that resulted in a ‘police’ chase. Turkish Cypriot media ...

A dramatic armed robbery on Monday appeared to have been staged, leading to the arrest of two men aged 55. The incident unfolded at around noon where three armed robbers stole ...

An attempted scam against an elderly woman in Dasoupoli was foiled on Monday, after unknown perpetrators tried to extort €20,000 from her for a medical operation she was told her granddaughter ...

A 33-year-old permanent resident of Cyprus is being investigated by the police for allegedly causing harassment and psychological violence to his former partner, a 38-year-old woman. According to Paphos police ...