Crime

A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a violent brawl that took place last December in the Ayia Zoni area of Limassol, the police said on Sunday. According ...

A 35-year-old man was arrested on Saturday afternoon after allegedly attacking a police officer and setting a car on fire outside a house in Nicosia. According to the police, officers ...

Four people were arrested during nationwide policing operations carried out on Saturday night, the police said. Arrests were made for offences including illegal stay in the Republic and illegal employment. ...

A masked armed group forced their way into a house in Limassol on Friday night, prompting a police investigation that led to the arrest of a 19-year-old on Saturday. Police ...

Police arrested 33 drivers for drink-driving during overnight operations carried out nationwide on Friday night, as part of coordinated checks targeting traffic offences and public safety. According to a police statement ...

A 17-year-old was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of robbery after allegedly stealing a wallet, police said on Friday. According to police, the incident occurred at around 8pm on Wednesday, ...

The trial of a 33-year-old man accused of attempting to kill a 40-year-old with a cleaver in Tersefanou on January 18 began on Thursday at Larnaca criminal court. The defendant faces ...

Police are investigating a shooting incident targeting a café in Limassol, which was reported on Wednesday night. According to police, members of the Limassol criminal investigation department (CID) went to ...

A staff member in the accident and emergency department at Limassol General Hospital was attacked on Sunday morning, the union Pasydy said on Monday, condemning the incident and calling for ...

A parcel posted to a Cyprus address containing more than 6kg of cannabis was seized by the police’s drug squad YKAN on Saturday. The drugs were packed in six ...

A 25-year-old Lebanese man against whom a German arrest warrant is outstanding was arrested on terrorism charges at Larnaca airport on Saturday. He had arrived in Cyprus on a flight ...

The search of a 37-year-old suspect in a parking lot in Larnaca resulted in two police officers being injured on Friday night, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred at ...

The police arrested a 23-year-old man on Wednesday afternoon in connection with the assault against a 46-year-old in Limassol. He is the fourth suspect to be arrested for the February 12 ...

A 32-year-old foreign national accused of attempted murder escaped custody and left Cyprus for Romania, authorities confirmed on Wednesday, prompting an internal investigation into failures by state services. The suspect ...

Prison sentences totalling more than 18 years were imposed on Tuesday on three men convicted in two separate drug trafficking cases. In Limassol, the permanent criminal court sentenced a 32-year-old man ...

A 77-year-old woman was injured during a home robbery in Limassol in the early hours of Tuesday, during which jewellery and a mobile phone were stolen, police said. Police were ...

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a car arson that occurred on February 25, 2026, in Limassol, police said on Tuesday. According to police, at around 2.40am on February 25 ...

A cyclist was remanded for five days by the Limassol district court after police found drugs on him when he failed to stop for a check. At around 7.30pm, members ...

Paphos police on Sunday announced they had found a 36kg cannabis stash after carrying out an operation in collaboration with the drugs squad Ykan. The drugs were found in a ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested during a police operation on Friday after approximately 11 kilograms of cannabis were found in his possession. According to police, the operation was launched following information ...

Two people have been arrested in Cyprus on terrorism charges, the police confirmed on Friday. A police representative informed the Cyprus Mail that the pair appeared in court on Friday ...

More than 80 kilogrammes of drugs were destroyed on Thursday by the police drug squad, authorities said. The quantity related to narcotics seized during the investigation of a total of 530 cases ...

Convicted murderer Doros Theofanous, known as ‘the hairdresser’, has filed an application to reopen or annul his conviction, citing new sworn testimony that challenges the credibility of a key prosecution ...

Seven people were arrested for offences including driving without a licence, ignoring a uniformed officer’s instructions, traffic violations, illegal employment, and unlawful residency on Thursday night, police said on ...