Crime

Cybercrime police on Friday warned the public about messages that attempt to intercept user’s login credentials on social media, especially on Instagram. Specifically, users receive a message from a ...

Famagusta district court on Friday issued an eight-day detention order against five Syrian nationals aged 53, 51, 46, 50 and 49 to facilitate investigations in connection with assisting a third country national to illegally enter ...

A 41-year-old man who has been wanted in Cyprus for the last two years over an internet fraud case has been arrested in Spain, police said on Friday. The case ...

By Christodoulos Mavroudis and Nick Theodoulou The citizenship by investment scheme sparked a blazing row on Thursday at the House watchdog committee as Interior Minister Nicos Nouris branded the auditor-general’...

Doctors at the Limassol’s general hospital A&E department will hold a two-hour work stoppage early on Friday to protest the alleged attack on a physician by a ...

Police on Thursday said they were investigating theft by deception after receiving complaints that culprits obtained over €14,000 from shops in Limassol and Famagusta. In both cases, police said the perpetrators ...

Ykan (drug squad) members busted a home growing cannabis operation as they searched the house of a 40-year-old in which they found 28 plants. The raid took place on Wednesday with ...

Police issued another warning over a new internet fraud on Wednesday, citing the complaint of a 36-year-old man who was scammed out of over €17,000 by alleged car traders. The man ...

A 71-year-old man who was arrested in connection with a fire that broke out in Pelathousa earlier this week has been released without charge, police said late on Wednesday. The ...

A 16-year-old was found driving in Paphos on Tuesday according to police. He was stopped during a regular traffic check. It was found that he was driving the car of ...

Police arrested an 18-year-old man early on Wednesday for speeding along the Nicosia-Limassol highway at 182 km/hr instead of 100km/hr, which is the limit. The 18-year-old was taken to ...

Police arrested a 36-year-old man on Tuesday in the context of investigating a series of cat thefts, according to an announcement. The 36-year-old was arrested on the spot after police ...

A Russian public organisation dealing with the Russian diaspora, has reportedly asked Russia’s Investigative Committee to prosecute a Ukrainian woman on terrorism charges for allegedly menacing Russian citizens in ...

Two people were remanded for eight days by Limassol district court on Tuesday after they were stopped by police at dawn in a car that had been reported as stolen ...

Police have issued a warning on Tuesday to alert the public to the growing trend of online romance scammers. In a document titled ‘What You Should Know About Romance Scams’, ...

Larnaca district court on Tuesday ordered the 15-day suspension of a 33-year-old motorist’s licence after he was caught driving almost double the speed limit the previous day. According to ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested on Monday night after police were alerted to a possible burglary underway at a Nicosia shop. According to the police, shortly after 11pm police sped ...

A car fire which broke out at dawn on Tuesday in ​​Limassol was caused by arson, police have confirmed. According to the statement, the fire was noticed around 4 am, while ...

Two Bangladeshis appeared before a court in the north as they are accused of attempting to assist 322 compatriots to irregularly enter Europe. They are further accused of charging each person €6,000 ...

Two people aged 28 and 30 were arrested on Sunday just after 9pm at a beach bar in Paphos for causing a disturbance in a public place while under the influence of ...

Extensive damage to the front of a vehicle was caused by a fire that broke out in the early hours of Monday morning in a parked vehicle outside a home ...

Police on Saturday published photos of a suspect who is wanted in connection with car arson and conspiracy to commit a felony. The offences were committed at around 11.15pm on ...

A 20-year-old man was arrested in Limassol after officers found over six kilos of cannabis in his possession. Police on Saturday said the drug squad confiscated five plastic packages containing ...

Police on Friday warned of yet another email scam falsely presenting Cyprus police as the senders. According to police, the latest emails are being sent from fake electronic addresses and ...