Crime

The 45-year-old alleged ringleader of a bizarre criminal group which made headlines in recent weeks after using forged state seals and impersonating officials, Costas Patsalides was on Tuesday evening arrested ...

A 57-year-old kiosk owner was arrested on Tuesday cigarettes and tobacco on which tax had not been paid were found in his premises in Larnaca. During a coordinated operation to ...

Police in Limassol arrested a 25-year-old man following a car chase during which warning shots were fired, it was reported on Monday. According to police, officers on overnight patrol spotted ...

The Limassol fire service and police on Monday are investigating the causes of a fire that broke out in a car at dawn. According to fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis, ...

A 63-year-old man from Paphos was arrested after a search of his home turned up nine cannabis plants, the police said on Sunday. The man was arrested on Saturday after ...

A 25-year-old man from Larnaca has been arrested in connection with a total of 14 burglaries from shops in Nicosia, the police said on Sunday. The man was arrested on Saturday ...

Two men, aged 28 and 25, were arrested in the north for masquerading as doctors, Turkish Cypriot police said on Saturday. The police said the pair had between Tuesday and Friday been ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on suspicion of having promoted terrorism on social media platforms, police said on Saturday. The man was arrested on Friday after the police ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested on Friday evening after being found by the anti-poaching squad in possession of a large quantity of tobacco which had been smuggled from the north. ...

Police on Saturday announced they had confiscated windscreen wipers from a group of six men who were attempting to sell them in the Limassol suburb of Ayia Phyla. The men ...

A man appeared in court in Famagusta on Friday accused of having attempted to import 4,200 lots of what the court described as “sexual power enhancing gel” into the north. The ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘education minister’ Kemal Durust was on Friday given bail ahead of his trial for his alleged part in the ongoing “fake diploma scandal”. In court in Morphou ...

Three men have been arrested after 14 mobile phones were discovered hidden in a refrigerator at the central prison, police said on Friday. The phones, found alongside 12 charging cables, were allegedly ...

Seven people were arrested on Thursday, March 6, in Ormidia following a joint operation by the British bases police and the Republic’s authorities. The operation aimed to combat modern slavery, ...

The court proceedings for a 41-year-old civil servant accused of assaulting his supervisor in Paphos are set to begin on March 26, according to Paphos assistant police director, Michalis Nicolaou. Nicolaou ...

A vehicle was completely destroyed by arson in Larnaca overnight and authorities are investigating the case. Investigations had confirmed that the fire had been set maliciously, Larnaca police spokesperson Christodoulos ...

One suspect was released without charge and the other three were bailed on Wednesday in the case of the fatal shooting of 16 donkeys in Karpasia. All four men were brought ...

The 30-year-old man who was arrested after getting into an argument and running two people with his car was remanded in custody for four days on Wednesday. Larnaca police spokesman ...

British authorities have arrested a man wanted for the murder of a 63-year-old London Cypriot, it was reported on Wednesday. The suspect was named as 42-year-old Paul Talland who had ...

A second is in police custody on Wednesday for an investigated case of robbery and assault committed in Limassol on Christmas Eve. Police on Tuesday arrested the 29-year-old man who ...

A 30-year-old has been arrested after running two people over after an argument in Larnaca, the police said on Tuesday. Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulos Konsolos explained that the incident had ...

The north’s authorities “have blood on their hands” over the death of a 25-year-old worker at a “nightclub” in the village of Yerolakkos, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ ...

Paphos criminal court will pass sentence next week on man who on Tuesday admitted to the charge of manslaughter after shooting his brother-in-law in July. The 50-year-old will be sentenced ...

A Paphos man was on Monday sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of multiple criminal charges, including illegal drug possession with intent to supply, money laundering ...