Crime

Police were investigating on Monday after more than €4,000 was stolen at gunpoint from a betting shop. The theft took place a few minutes before 11pm on Sunday when a hooded ...

A 38-year-old man was fined €6,000 after almost 70 packages of duty-free tobacco and cigarettes were found in his possession. The man was stopped for a check while driving in Limassol. During ...

Thousands of bullets found in an abandoned house in Limassol on Sunday are thought to be part of the large number stolen from a container last month. According to Limassol ...

A 26-year-old man was remanded for five days by Limassol district court on Sunday after fires started at two different points in the village of Pyrgos on Saturday night. At ...

The remand of two suspects, 26 and 32, arrested in connection with the theft of guns and thousands of bullets from a container in Limassol was renewed for six days on Saturday. ...

Two people, aged 41 and 58, who were remanded for eight days on Saturday after about 18.7kg of cannabis were found in their possession, are believed to be members of a larger ...

Police were investigating on Saturday after a hand grenade and TNT explosive were found in Aglandjia. The explosives were discovered around 9pm on Friday by officers in a carton box ...

Paphos criminal court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty on drug related charges, police said. The man was arrested on August 14 on ...

Paphos police were on Wednesday investigating the theft and arson of a €4,000 car. The owner, a British permanent resident of Theletra, had not realised his vehicle had been stolen. Police ...

Police seized two kilos of cannabis and arrested a 36-year-old man on Tuesday after a car chase in rural Larnaca. According to drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos, the man, who ...

Limassol police said on Monday they were investigating a case in which a Cypriot had transferred over €55,000 to a woman abroad who had promised to come to the island if ...

A 34-year-old man has been arrested after police discovered 190g of cannabis. Following a court warrant, officers searched his home at around 7pm on Sunday. During the search four plastic ...

A 32-year-old has been arrested following a knife attack and causing bodily harm in Paphos. According to the police a member of the community board of a village in Paphos ...

A 38-year-old man who crashed his car through the window of a taxi office in Limassol in an alleged attempt to kill another man aged 47, was remanded by the court ...

Limassol district court on Saturday remanded for seven days a 32-year-old man arrested the previous day in connection with the theft of guns and thousands of bullets from a licenced ...

Police on Saturday arrested a 38-year-old man in relation with a murder attempt against a 47-year-old. The man is suspected of deliberately crashing his car into the victim, injuring him ...

A 32-year-old man sought for the illegal import and possession of drugs with intent to supply was located and arrested abroad, police said on Saturday. He was being sought in ...

Police on Friday arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the theft of guns and thousands of bullets from a container in Limassol as a 27-year-old suspect was remanded for ...

An Azeri national and five other men suspected of planning attacks against Israeli businessmen living in Cyprus were on Friday referred to trial before a criminal court. The six suspects ...

The Nicosia criminal court acquitted two defendants of attempted murder on Friday, after finding the main prosecution witness unreliable. Alexis Mavromichalis, aka Alexoui, 42, and Slovakian national Miroslav Balazovjech, aka Dydi ...

Paphos police on Thursday arrested a 27-year-old man wanted in connection with the theft of a massive consignment of ammunition. Police said the man also had pending against him arrest ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Wednesday presented a proposal to make femicide a distinct criminal offence punished by life imprisonment. Demetriou said the proposal basically changes the description of the ...

Three men found guilty in the bullying death of a 16-year-old in 2019 will be sentenced on November 11. The three, a 20-year-old from Oroklini, and two 19-year-olds from Larnaca and Livadia, ...

Authorities have recovered a firearm in Paphos linked to the case of an Azeri national suspected of planning to assassinate Israeli businessmen living in Cyprus. The location of the weapon ...