Crime

Police arrested two young women aged 19 and 16, foreign permanent residents of Larnaca, in connection with a case of theft, they said on Sunday. The theft is believed to have been ...

A 41-year-old man found with large amounts of cannabis in his car in Parekklisia, Limassol was remanded for eight days, police said on Sunday.  He appeared in Limassol District Court ...

Police seized dozens of kilos of untaxed tobacco products after stopping a man on the Paphos-Limassol motorway, an announcement said on Sunday. According to the announcement, police stopped a car ...

Paphos police are investigating the sexual harassment of a 9-year-old girl, reports said on Sunday.  According to the Police, a tourist allegedly sexually harassed a 9-year-old girl in the previous ...

Police arrested a 57-year-old man as a premeditated murder suspect on Sunday, after an altercation with another 66-year-old man at a cafe outside Nicosia turned violent. The victim, Andreas Michaelides ...

A man being sought after police found 50kg of cannabis was arrested on Saturday after a coordinated operation in the Kalo Chorio area, where the 41-year-old suspect was apprehended. He ...

A group of six foreign students reported they were attacked with “sharp objects” by hooded men in their Limassol home in the early hours of Saturday. Police said the students ...

Two men were arrested in Limassol on Friday afternoon for residing illegally in Cyprus and the possession of a weapon, police said on Saturday. The men were stopped by two ...

Two Turkish Cypriots have been fined a total of €8,400 by the customs department for attempting to smuggle untaxed tobacco products from the north into the Republic. According to a statement, ...

Two Cypriot men have been ordered to pay fines exceeding €32,000 following separate customs violations at Larnaca airport, according to a statement by the customs department. The most serious case occurred ...

A 15-year-old was remanded for 24 hours on Friday after he and his 13-year-old friend were allegedly found carrying flammable materials in Limassol. The two boys were stopped by police after ...

A 36-year-old woman has been remanded in custody for seven days after being caught inside a man’s home in the early hours of Friday in Limassol. The suspect, who ...

A 77-year-old has lost around €142,000 after “investing” in a scheme advertised online that turned out to be a scam, police reported on Friday. Following his registration with the scheme in ...

The police on Friday announced that they had made a fifth arrest in connection with an alleged attack on five members of a volleyball team from Paphos outside a nightclub. ...

Three people were arrested over an attack on a man who is being held in custody in the central prison, the police announced on Friday. The men are aged 34, 28, and 26 ...

Police on Thursday were in pursuit of a man who refused to stop when officers flagged down his car for a check. The initial incident took place around 3.30pm in ...

The police have issued an urgent warning over a surge in fraudulent messages circulating on social media and mobile phones, falsely claiming recipients owe money for traffic violations. Authorities say ...

Two suspects, aged 33 and 28, arrested in connection with a house burglary in Nicosia, the theft of a motorcycle, and other offences, are to be remanded by the Nicosia district court ...

An attack inside Cyprus’ central prisons was on Tuesday branded an “attempted murder” by a prisoners’ rights group, which called for an urgent police investigation. The Association for the Protection ...

A 16-year-old was arrested in Paphos on Easter Sunday for illegal possession of firecrackers, as part of a nationwide police operation targeting youth delinquency during the Easter holidays. According to ...

Rocks and firecrackers were thrown at the police by youths in the Larnaca suburb in Livadia when they responded to a call in the area at around midnight, the police ...

Police intervened in tens of incidents over Friday night of illegal Easter bonfires (lambradjies) and firecracker throwing, while in more than one case police themselves were attacked. In total, 233 checks ...

A man arrested at Paphos airport after it emerged he had swallowed cocaine to smuggle it into Cyprus was remanded in police custody for eight days on Saturday by Papos ...

A prison warden, a prison inmate and the inmate’s wife will stand trial for corruption, bribery and racketeering, following a decision handed down by Nicosia district court on Thursday. ...