Crime

The trial of former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos – accused of assaulting a teenage girl – resumed with an on-site visit to his office on Wednesday, where the alleged offence took place 40 years ...

UK Cypriot Raphael Kokkinos was sentenced to nine years in prison at the Old Bailey for the murder of Jean Loeike Guei, it emerged on Wednesday. Kokkinos, aged 35, pleaded guilty ...

Larnaca district court remanded a 23-year-old man for eight days on Wednesday in connection with importing 13 kilos of cannabis. At around 2pm on Tuesday, the drug squad and customs at ...

A 36-year-old has been arrested after being caught stealing fuel from a parked car, Limassol police said on Wednesday. According to the police report, a complaint was made around 11pm ...

Since Paphos’ domestic violence unit was established in February 15, 2021 up until October 31, 2022 it received 441 reports, it emerged on Wednesday. According to Paphos CID spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, there have been a ...

A 26-year-old man was attacked by around ten people at around 2.30am on Wednesday while he was inside his vehicle, outside the church of Ayios Nikolaos, in Limassol. The perpetrators ...

Police arrested a 23-year-old man at Larnaca airport on Tuesday afternoon for possession of 13kg of cannabis. “At around 2pm on Tuesday, November 1, members of Ykan in cooperation with customs ...

Paphos Police in the early hours of Tuesday morning arrested a 21-year-old man for illegal possession of drugs. According to the police statement shortly after midnight, traffic police stopped a ...

Police arrested another suspect on Tuesday, in an investigated case of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit a felony, carrying a weapon to incite terror, and common assault, committed on October 9 ...

Paphos police on Tuesday are investigating the theft of property from a warehouse in Konia. According to police statement the owner of a warehouse reported on Monday that it had ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 47-year-old man for an attempted street theft committed in Limassol, minutes after the crime thanks to the quick response of a bystander. Around 9 am, a 43...

Nicosia police on Monday arrested a 41-year-old man to facilitate investigations into a case of theft and illegal possession of drugs. The arrest followed a complaint to police that an ...

Police arrested two men, aged 32 and 40, on Monday night, for illegal possession of property and burglary tools. The suspects were taken into custody to facilitate investigations. Police spotted the men ...

Police are seeking a 58-year-old man from Paphos in a case of theft and money extortion by false representation. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, on October 27, a 29-year-old woman ...

Larnaca district court on Sunday issued an eight-day detention order against a 28-year-old man to facilitate the police’s investigations involving the theft of solar water heaters and three vehicles ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday demanded the identification and conviction of those responsible for the death of a Turkish Cypriot inmate at the Central Prisons in Nicosia. Referring ...

Two people aged 37 and 36 are wanted by Larnaca police in a case involving the attempted murder of a 34-year-old man in a hit-and-run that took place on Saturday night. Police ...

A 33-year-old man was arrested on Saturday morning on the Limassol – Nicosia motorway, to facilitate police investigations into cases of house burglary and theft. In a written statement police stated ...

Police on Saturday said they are looking for two men who allegedly scammed a 60-year-old Limassol resident out of €275,000 in 2019. Three years later, the man reported the case to the ...

Nicosia district court on Saturday remanded eight prisoners following the murder of a 41-year-old Turkish Cypriot inmate at the central prisons. The suspects, who have been remanded for eight days, ...

A 20-year-old man was arrested after 43 plastic bags with cocaine were found in his car, police said on Saturday. Members of the Nicosia drug squad stopped the man’s car ...

Police on Friday arrested a 46-year-old Limassol resident to facilitate investigations of a robbery committed on Thursday at an electrical goods shop. The man was arrested after he was spotted ...

Police arrested two people in Nicosia after they were found with just over seven kilogrammes of cannabis, authorities said on Friday. According to police, during checks on Thursday afternoon, two ...

Five police officers were lightly injured after a fight broke out with five migrants out at the migration office in Paphos. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon after the five ...