Crime

A 41-year-old man was arrested on Monday after he was found in possession of a metal detector and pickaxe near an archaeological site in Kouklia, Paphos. According to the police, ...

A motorcycle suffered extensive damage on Monday after catching fire in a garage in Kiti, with the fire brigade confirming the blaze was started deliberately. A call was received at 4.20...

Two men were left seriously injured and five suspects arrested on Monday following a violent clash near Ayios Ioannis in Limassol, police said. Officers received a report of a fight ...

Six suspects arrested over an alleged murder for hire plot in Cyprus will be deported within days, police said on Monday after detention and deportation orders were issued against them. ...

A total of 13 cars’ windscreens were smashed in a car park in Ayia Napa, with the police describing the incident as “malicious” and saying they have launched an investigation. The ...

The police discovered a further 260 kilograms of ketamine in a Limassol warehouse on Monday, adding to the 126 kilograms already seized in a major drugs haul last week. The substance was ...

Police arrested 39 people on Sunday found to have been residing illegally in Cyprus, following a nationwide operation. Deportation proceedings have already been scheduled for twelve of those arrested, with the ...

Five people were arrested overnight on Friday as police carried out regular patrols. Police said the operation resulted in 304 citations for various traffic violations, along with the arrests of two ...

The German federal prosecutor’s office on Friday filed an indictment against a Lebanese man arrested at Larnaca airport in March over his alleged involvement in a Hamas arms-supply network. ...

Three people were arrested in Paphos today over separate theft cases, police said on Friday. A 44-year-old man has been arrested under a court warrant for stealing goods worth €240 from ...

Fourteen people were arrested and 188 traffic fines were issued during the police’s overnight operations, the force said on Friday. The arrests included three individuals suspected of burglary and theft, ...

Two 20-year-old men have been arrested in Ayia Napa for the possession and the circulation of counterfeit banknotes, the police said on Friday. According to the police, officers in the ...

A used car salesman in north Nicosia claims he received repeated threats and a demand for €400,000 before his business was set on fire, with two young men arrested in connection ...

Two 32-year-olds were on Wednesday arrested over their alleged involvement in a case of assault and acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm. Police said that the incident occurred around 9 ...

The final decision regarding the apportion of responsibility among four men found guilty of involvement in the murder of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos was on Wednesday delayed until next month. The four, ...

Two men aged 21 and 19 have been arrested in connection with the robbery of a 25-year-old food delivery worker in Erimi, Limassol, in the early hours of Tuesday. The two suspects ...

A 46-year-old father and his two adult children pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 122 charges involving alleged abuse of minor children in their family. The three defendants, the father, his 23...

Two police officers have been suspended pending separate investigations into offences allegedly committed on September 5 in Larnaca, police announced on Tuesday. The officers, aged 48 and 41, where suspended on the orders ...

Police are investigating an attack on a 25-year-old food delivery rider who was robbed by two men in the Limassol district early on Tuesday. He was riding his motorcycle in ...

A 61-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her 71-year-old ex-husband in the village of Ayios Georgios, near Trikomo, on Monday morning. The woman, named as Saliha Ozkol, was, according ...

Police arrested 41 third-country nationals found to be staying illegally in the Republic during a coordinated operation in the Nicosia district, authorities said on Monday. Of those arrested, 16 have already been ...

Two people were arrested on Sunday afternoon as part of an investigation of a case concerning the conspiracy to commit a felony, burglary, theft and malicious damage, committed in August ...

Three men were further remanded in police custody on Sunday on suspicion of being involved in a conspiracy to commit murder and participating in a criminal organisation. They were initially ...

A strong police presence was out over Saturday night across the island with the aim of preventing serious crime and maintaining public order, the force said on Sunday. A total ...