Crime

The police on Tuesday dismissed Israeli press reports that an Israeli was beaten up at a Limassol hotel for speaking Hebrew. Police sources told the Cyprus News Agency that there ...

Thirty-one third-country nationals who were residing illegally in Cyprus were arrested on Sunday during a coordinated police operation, authorities said. According to an announcement by the Aliens and Immigration Service, ...

A total of 49 drivers were found to be driving under the influence of alcohol and two under the influence of drugs during nationwide police checks carried out on Saturday night. ...

An 85-year-old man was taken to hospital after reportedly being attacked at his home in the Nicosia district on Saturday afternoon during a robbery. According to a police statement, the ...

Police on Sunday are investigating a case of attempted murder in Limassol, with a 36-year-old man reported as the victim. According to police, the incident occurred shortly after 7pm on ...

Around 16 serious offences were committed in Cyprus every day on average throughout last year, according to Cystat, the government’s statistical service, which stated that 5,942 serious offences were reported to ...

A Greek national suspected of trafficking drugs has been arrested and detained by authorities in the north, media reported on Thursday. Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris Postasi said the man was ...

The attorney for an Israeli national wanted by Russia in connection with a sea piracy incident 16 years ago has urged Cypriot authorities not to extradite him to the Russian Federation, ...

An ‘explosive device’ was set off on Thursday afternoon at the home of controversial artist Giorgos Gavriel, police have confirmed. Details were sketchy, but media reports spoke of a ‘makeshift ...

Fatma Unal, who has enjoyed a years-long close personal association with the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel, was on Thursday asked by the prosecution to change her lawyer in ...

Huseyin Mavideniz, the 29-year-old British national who was killed after a fight outside a bar in Trikomo in 2023, “might have had a chance to survive” if he had received medical ...

A 34-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning after being found loitering in a park in Dali while in possession of a hoard of jewellery, bank ...

A 25-year-old man was arrested while inside a house he was attempting to burgle in Limassol, the police said on Tuesday. The arrest was made in the home of a ...

Two people have been arrested in Larnaca in connection with the illegal possession of property, drugs and an offensive instrument, police said on Thursday. According to the police, the incident ...

A box containing more than two kilograms of cocaine and more than nine kilograms of cannabis was found in the storage area of a courier company’s premises in Limassol, ...

A 37-year-old man was handed a 14-month prison sentence by the Famagusta court on Tuesday, after being found guilty of animal abuse and slaughtering a Kangaroo. Police said the incident ...

Fraudsters posing as police officers are targeting citizens to steal personal information and empty bank accounts, authorities warned on Tuesday. Scammers are contacting people by phone and video call, wearing ...

A 35-year-old man was killed in the central prison on Sunday, with the police on Monday arresting another inmate on suspicion of premeditated murder. The police on Monday confirmed that ...

A 42-year-old man has been arrested at Paphos airport in connection with an attempted kidnapping which took place in Larnaca, the police said on Monday. The man was arrested at ...

A man wielding a knife robbed a bakery in Limassol late on Sunday night, the police said on Monday. The police said a man entered the bakery and “extracted a ...

A 36-year-old man has been arrested pursuant to an international arrest warrant at the Ledra Street crossing point, and stands accused of attempted murder, among other allegations, the police said ...

A car was abandoned in the middle of a road after a fight broke out between what the police on Sunday described as “unidentified individuals” in the Famagusta district village ...

A food delivery rider said he was attacked and robbed while returning from a delivery in Limassol, the police said on Sunday. According to the police, the man said he ...

A 44-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a holy relic from a church in the Nicosia district village of Pano Deftera, the police said on Saturday. The ...