Crime

Over 850 firecrackers have been seized by the police in the run up to Easter, which are thought to have come from the north. Police said on Sunday that during checks ...

Famagusta district court ordered four and five-day remands for two 27-year-old suspects arrested on suspicion of a series of burglaries and theft in the district, police said on Saturday. The ...

Turkish Cypriot media on Saturday reported that two men arrested in the north for smuggling illegal migrants were remanded for a further three days. According to Kibris Postasi, the two ...

Police on Saturday said they have arrested three people in Larnaca for facilitating an illegal crossing into the republic. According to a written announcement, on Friday night officers flagged down ...

A 26-year-old man has been arrested for possession of child pornography, police said on Saturday. According to a written announcement, an arrest warrant was issued against the suspect after the ...

Police on Friday warned of a rise in thefts from construction sites and other open spaces. The thefts involve cables, pipes, and other valuable materials. The public is advised to ...

A 37-year-old man in the district of Paphos was referred to direct trial before the criminal court, in relation to an incident involving injury of a police officer on duty. ...

The possibility of re-establishing the anti-poaching unit was discussed by the House environment committee after it was dismantled in 2019 with some MPs saying incidences had increased since it was abolished. ...

A 34-year-old resident of Nicosia appeared in Limassol District Court on Wednesday and was remanded for 24 hours after he was arrested in connection with an alleged attempt to sell three ...

Police arrested a 35-year-old woman on Monday on suspicion of misappropriating funds from a Famagusta based accounting and auditing firm. According to Famagusta, the woman is suspected of having misappropriated ...

Police warned the public on Sunday that there had been an increase in various kinds of cyberfraud. There has been a rise in complaints, especially in Nicosia related to electronic ...

Paphos police on Saturday announced that they had secured a court order suspending the operation of a business establishment in Polis pending the trial of its owner for gambling, the ...

Police have made a second arrest in connection with the discovery of 132 kilos of cannabis in a container at Limassol port earlier this month. They said the arrest of a 61...

A 45-year-old woman is under arrest on suspicion of paying for her shopping with a stolen cheque, police said on Friday. They said a supermarket owner had filed a complaint ...

A defendant has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of human trafficking and sexual exploitation of a woman in what the law office of the republic said ...

A Paphos man has been arrested as authorities investigate the illegal storage and sale of petrol in an unlicensed facility, police said on Monday. In a combined approach, relevant local ...

A 25-year-old man was remanded in custody for seven days on Monday in connection with a string of armed robberies at Paphos kiosks over the last few days. A second ...

The cybercrime unit of the police arrested a 31-year-old in connection with a case of child pornography on Sunday. The investigation started after information was received, according to which a ...

A 48-year-old man was found driving in Nicosia on Sunday night with a blood alcohol level five times over the limit. According to police statement, the vehicle of the 48-year-old ...

A 40-year-old man was remanded for seven days on Saturday as one of the suspects who scammed a Nicosia electronics company out of over €65,000 worth of devices in the last ...

A 46-year-old Limassol resident was remanded for three days on Saturday on suspicion of setting fire to an establishment in Paphos earlier this week. The fire, which damaged the doors ...

In its first year of operation, Paphos police’s domestic violence unit investigated 271 cases that led to 126 arrests, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. Paphos deputy police chief Michalis ...

A 38-year-old man was remanded for a further eight days on Thursday for his alleged involvement in a huge drug bust in which 132kg of cannabis was seized by police. ...

Larnaca criminal court on Thursday sentenced a 42-year-old woman to 11 years in prison and a 59-year-old man to 10 after finding them guilty in a drug related case, police said. The ...