Crime

The prisons department on Tuesday denied allegations that the new Wing 11 at the central prison has security issues after reports surfaced of an inmate being beaten with a padlock. “We ...

A 39-year-old man suspect who tried to escape police custody at Limassol district court on Tuesday morning was quickly restrained by officers before being taken back into custody. The man ...

A 21-year-old man was remanded for seven days by Limassol court on Monday in connections with an attack on a food delivery driver last Wednesday. Three minors aged 15, 16 and 17 were ...

A 61-year-old man was arrested on Monday in connection with the ongoing investigation into an animal cruelty case in Peyia, Paphos. According to assistant police director of operations in Paphos, ...

A 57-year-old man arrested in Peyia after seriously wounding his wife with two gunshots, was remanded for eight days by the Paphos district court on Monday. He is being investigated ...

Police arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with an ongoing burglary case in Paphos, it emerged on Sunday.   The Paphos district court later in the day ordered his remand for ...

Police arrested three people at the Ledras Street crossing point in Nicosia on Sunday, who took part in a protest in support of migrants.  The protest was held under the ...

A Larnaca primary school was vandalised over the weekend, police said on Sunday, as they searched for the culprits.  According to police, three windows at the Prodromou primary school were ...

Limassol district court remanded three young men for eight days following suspicions they robbed a delivery driver last week, the city’s police spokesman Lefteris Kyriacou said on Sunday.  Police ...

Police arrested a 22-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman in connection with two burglaries in Limassol, authorities said on Sunday.  According to the police, this is a case of burglary ...

Larnaca District Court on Sunday remanded a 45-year-old man for eight days, after he was discovered carrying 19 kg of cannabis in his luggage at the airport the day before. According ...

A truck fire in the early hours of Sunday morning was determined to be arson, police said, following the incident in Astromeritis, Nicosia.  According to police, at 4.30am, information about ...

Police arrested a 45-year-old man for money laundering and illegal possession, after they found him with close to €49 thousand during an attempted drug bust, an announcement said on Sunday.  According ...

Police arrested a teen, 16, in connection with an attempted murder in Limassol, where three young men were injured in a knife attack, an announcement said on Sunday. The 16-year-old boy ...

The Republic of Cyprus’ police has requested that the Turkish Cypriot authorities hand over four people named as suspects in the case surrounding the death of 24-year-old Pakistani national Shoaib ...

A 30-year-old woman who stands accused of having put a dog in a rubbish bin appeared in court in Paphos on Saturday and was handed a 24-hour remand. The woman ...

A 21-year-old food delivery driver was robbed in Limassol during the early hours of Saturday morning, the police said. The man was riding an electric bicycle through the city when ...

A 19-year-old male was arrested in Limassol on Friday evening after police found cannabis and traces of cocaine in his car after he had abandoned it during a chase. The ...

A 30-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested on Friday night after police found him to be committing sundry traffic offences at once. The police first observed him running a red ...

A 34-year-old man from Paphos was on Friday sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of possession of illegal drugs with the intent to supply, among other ...

Swedish fugitive Hans Jonny Uven, 49, gave his consent on Friday to be extradited to Sweden. Uven, who had escaped from legal custody, was arrested in December at Larnaca airport under ...

Authorities on Friday are continuing to unravel the case of the fatal shooting of a Pakistani national during an anti-smuggling operation in the buffer zone, which spilled over into the ...

A 35-year-old man who was arrested in France last month on the basis of a European warrant issued by the Cypriot authorities for fraud is to appear in court in ...

Police in Nicosia arrested two people, aged 36 and 29, wfor an investigated case of burglary and theft. According to the police the crimes were committed between January 8 and 9, by unknown persons ...