Crime

A quantity of cannabis, flares and a firecracker were found at the home of a 25-year-old man in Limassol, police said on Sunday. According to police, following an assessment of ...

Police carried out preventive operations throughout the night, with an increased presence in urban areas, aiming to prevent criminal acts, protect the public and safeguard public order. During the operations, ...

A gunfight was reported in Larnaca town centre on Saturday afternoon, prompting a lockdown of the area amid indications that people were injured. According to a preliminary police briefing, information ...

Game service officers launched an operation on Thursday evening after reports of gunfire and illegal hare hunting in the buffer zone between Mammari and Denia. According to a press release ...

The front door of Dipa’s Limassol office was smashed by a group of people presenting themselves as anarchists, with a video of the incident emerging on social media on ...

Two suspects handed over by the British Bases and are expected to appear before the Limassol district court on Wednesday in connection with the attempted murder of a 36-year-old man ...

The police said on Tuesday they had charged four men after a video emerged of them appearing to kick and throw a turtle. Police received a complaint at around 1.30pm ...

The trial of a 22-year-old accused of involvement in an attempted murder last July will continue on February 2, Larnaca criminal court ruled on Tuesday. He is accused of attempting to ...

Police seized four vehicles and filed more than 70 traffic complaints during overnight operations from Monday into Tuesday, after carrying out over 370 traffic checks on roads across the island. Of the ...

A hair salon owned by a Ukrainian woman has been cordoned off after shots were fired at the premises located in the tourist area of Yermasogia, Limassol on Monday morning. ...

A Limassol man was remanded in custody by Limassol district court on Monday after fleeing arrest the previous night. Police said they tried to apprehend the 23-year-old when they spotted ...

Cocaine and a bat, as well as other potentially offensive items, were found in the car of a 23-year-old man who was arrested after driving “recklessly”, the police said on ...

Two people were arrested on Saturday in Larnaca and Limassol in connection with the illegal possession of narcotic substances, police said. According to a statement from the police communications branch, ...

The appeals court has rejected the appeal of a man convicted of sexually abusing a minor, leaving his 12-year prison sentence in force. The appellant was found guilty of six ...

Overnight Friday, targeted police operations saw five arrests, 262 traffic violations, over 730 vehicle checks, and 41 premise inspections aimed at preventing crime and ensuring public order. Two wanted persons were arrested in ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested by police in connection with burglary and theft cases in Nicosia, shortly after 8pm on Friday. The first case involves a burglary at accounting offices ...

The anti-corruption authority’s report, flagging possible criminal liability over water extraction and an illegal fish farm near Trimiklini, had been referred to the attorney-general last month and is now ...

The lawyer of a teenage boy who shot two people in the northern Nicosia suburb of Omorphita said on Friday that his client did not intend to kill his victims ...

A 38-year-old man was sentenced to six years by the Larnaca criminal court on Friday for possessing nearly two kilograms of cannabis. The court found the defendant guilty of possessing ...

Investigations are underway to identify a suspect accused of throwing a firecracker at a house in the Ayios Tychonas area of Limassol in the early hours of Friday morning. According ...

A 17-year-old boy who shot two people at a car dealership in northern Nicosia was on Wednesday remanded in custody for two days. The shooting occurred on Tuesday morning at ...

Offices of a financial services company in Limassol were targeted in an attack in the early hours of Tuesday, after unknown perpetrators detonated a firework device enhanced with petrol. According ...

Two men have been arrested in connection with an online fraud case that left a Nicosia-based company €35,000 out of pocket, police said on Monday. The case came to light in ...

A 62-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly setting his own car on fire, the police said on Sunday. According to the police, the car was set on fire in ...