Crime

Two 17-year-olds have been arrested by police for a case of robbery, attempted robbery, two cases of theft from persons, theft of a car and theft of a motorcycle. The ...

In the last three days, Paphos police caught two people driving under the influence and three others in possession of drugs. According the police information, on Friday Paphos traffic police ...

Police arrested a 25-year-old man on Monday in connection with a case of possession and dissemination of child pornography. The investigation began after police received information through Europol that a ...

According to police announcement, at around 1 am on Monday morning, Nicosia traffic police intercepted an 18-year-old man, travelling at a speed of 118kmph, instead of the legal 50kmph. He was ...

Police are investigating six cases of forgery and impersonation detected in the last three days. According to Paphos CID spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou, six people tried to depart from Paphos airport ...

The Paphos district court issued a six-day detention order against a 23-year-old man arrested in connection with the arson of a boat. According to police information, at around 2am last ...

Frauds are as old as the hills, but they’re proliferating in the age of hacking and data harvesting Every day seems to bring news of another online scam, inevitably ...

A 20-year-old from Limassol was on Sunday remanded in custody for five days after admitting to stealing goods. He admitted to two burglaries on Saturday in Limassol. In the first ...

A 15-year-old boy has been critically injured in a traffic accident on the Liopetri-Sotiras road, police said on Sunday. The accident happened at around 3pm on Saturday when a van ...

Ykan (drug squad) officers carried out a series of busts across Nicosia, Paphos and Limassol as four arrests were made, and various substances were identified – ranging from cannabis and cocaine ...

A 40-year-old British tourist was arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday night after being accused of deliberately ramming his car into another man – having previously challenged him to a fight. ...

A 30-year-old Famagusta resident who allegedly attacked and wounded his flat mate with a cleaver was arrested by police late on Friday night after being on the run. The incident ...

Paphos police on Friday arrested a 23-year-old man for arson of a boat. The suspect was taken into custody pending investigation. According to police information, around 2 am on Friday, a ...

Police have arrested a man in connection with an ongoing investigation into a case of theft by deception committed last Wednesday in Limassol. Evidence also emerged against another suspect for ...

The Limassol criminal court on Friday imposed a prison sentence of 18 years on two persons in connection with a case of importing and possessing cannabis, weighing 72 kg, for the purposes ...

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 ...