Crime

Police on Monday arrested a suspect in a case of securing credit with false representation. According to police spokesman and head of Paphos CID Michalis Nicolaou, on Friday night police ...

Police on Sunday, searched the home, properties and vehicles of a 56-year-old man in Nicosia. During the search they found and seized 21,120 cigarettes and 4,850g of rolling tobacco. The 56-year-old ...

Police are appealing for information that may help locate a Vietnamese woman aged 42 to facilitate investigations into the alleged extortion of €200,000 from a 43-year-old woman on the pretence of offering ...

Two men have been arrested in Paphos in connection with conspiracy and impersonation at a police station. According to reports on Sunday, a 26-year-old man turned up and claimed to ...

Police issued a warning over text message scams on Saturday after a 50-year-old man lost almost €25,000 from his bank account. The Nicosia resident reported to the police on Friday that ...

Two suspects aged 28 and 29 have been arrested on suspicion of committing a series of burglaries and thefts in the government-controlled area of Morphou, police said on Saturday. Peristerona officers, following ...

Thousand of dollars were withdrawn from the bank account of the manager of a Limassol-based company, after he fell prey to a message from scammers on his phone. According to ...

A 46-year-old was imprisoned for 60 days on Friday after a drunken rage led to him being found guilty by the Famagusta court of disturbing the peace, public insults, illegal entry, ...

A 32-year-old man accused of the attempted kidnap of a minor was freed on a €4,000 bail on Friday and is due to next appear in court on April 11. The incident ...

Two men have been jailed for almost two years on human trafficking charges, the police announced on Friday. The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court ruled the two men, 37 and 35, were guilty on ...

Man arrested at Larnaca airport under US arrest warrant A 56-year-old man was remanded for seven days on Friday after he was screened at Larnaca airport and found to have ...

House arrest with an ankle monitor should not count as detention time, the Limassol criminal court said on Thursday in relation to a drugs case. According to a press release ...

A 47-year-old man was jailed for three months on Thursday, after he was found guilty of drink driving. Larnaca district court also imposed on the man five penalty points and ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal to reduce the 17-year sentence handed down by the criminal court to a 23-year-old convicted of the murder of a 19-year-old Syrian ...

Paphos police arrested two men, aged 37 and 32, on suspicion of possession of stolen goods early on Thursday. Officers put an apartment building under surveillance following a tip off that a 37...

A 22-year-old man was remanded on Thursday in connection with a murder that took place on February 5. The man appeared before Nicosia criminal court where he was remanded for eight ...

A 22-year-old man from Limassol will appear in front of the Nicosia district court on Thursday, after he was arrested during the derby between Omonia and Apoel at GSP Stadium ...

Police arrested a 26-year-old man after they found him trying to collect 200g of cannabis in Paphos, authorities said on Wednesday. According to police, the man, a Paphos resident, was ...

Police arrested a second 18-year-old suspect for arson, following the arrest of a 26-year-old for the same case a day ago, authorities said on Wednesday. According to police, the fire ...

The police cybercrime unit on Tuesday warned of a new SMS scam after a Nicosia resident reported that €23,000 was stolen from his bank account. The complainant told police that on ...

Famagusta district court on Tuesday sentenced a 24-year-old man to 20 days in prison after finding him guilty of traffic offences committed on two separate occasions. According to a police statement, ...

A man who committed the “extremely vile” crimes of sexually abusing three children and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a “blatantly inadequate sentence” has now had his sentence ...

Details emerged on Tuesday of the shocking working conditions under which 14 Indian workers were employed at a Famagusta livestock farm. The workers, all legally documented, were allegedly forced to work ...

Police on Monday arrested a 58-year-old man for obstructing a police officer in the performance of his duties. According to the police, around 5 pm while in search of a wanted ...