Crime

By Tom Cleaver The British bases on Thursday announced that a total of 312 blackcaps – commonly known as ‘ambelopolia’ – which had been illegally trapped, had been seized at crossing points they ...

Three men appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Thursday morning after a 24-year-old man died in a fire in an apartment block in Mia Milia in the early hours ...

Three youths have been arrested and charged in connection with a fight that took place in Larnaca on Wednesday evening. They face charges of battery, causing a public disturbance and ...

The trial of a 43-year-old man who killed a cat and then shared a grotesque picture of the cat he had just killed to his social media is set to ...

Police are in the process of dismantling a Nigerian prostitution ring in Limassol following the arrest of three women, in coordination with the anti-trafficking unit, it was reported on Wednesday. ...

A 22-year-old woman was arrested in Limassol after she was found with 224 vials of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), police said on Wednesday. Officers pulled over her over at around 8.30pm ...

A fifth person was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a fight which broke out on Larnaca’s Finikoudes beach, police said. The latest to be arrested is an 18-year-old ...

A fire which broke out near Kouris dam overnight was brought under complete control on Wednesday and criminal action is being investigated, police said. At the break of dawn aerial ...

Under draconian police measures, convict Doros Theofanous appeared in court on Tuesday with a 26-year-old man charged of being his accomplice to help him escape prison. The two appeared before ...

A 50-year-old man who stands accused of shooting his brother-in-law dead appeared in Paphos court on Monday. His victim was 43-year-old Stylianos Stylianou. The suspect and Stylianou were reportedly at ...

The Larnaca criminal court on Monday sentenced a 22-year-old man to 16 years in prison for his involvement in an illegal drug importation case. The man was arrested by members of ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 49-year-old man on Saturday for carrying a prohibited knife and driving without a licence. According to Paphos assistant police chief Michalis Nikolaou, CID officers who ...

Nicosia police on Sunday arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with two cases of burglary, committed in the district. Officers located the suspect at 11pm in the evening in Latsia, ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus on Monday urged the public to be particularly careful in their transactions, due to the circulation of counterfeit US$100 banknotes. “The Central Bank of Cyprus ...

Police arrested a man on Sunday for blackmailing another man and possessing an illegal weapon. According to police, the man, 37, threatened another man, 51, for an entire year from November 2023 until ...

Police said on Sunday a vehicle was severely damaged in a fire that was set in the early hours by an unknown assailant. According to police, at around 2.30 am a 74...

Semi-governmental telecommunications authority (Cyta) and petrol company EKO were the targets of cyberattacks, a source told CNA on Sunday. The attacks on both companies occurred on Saturday, following a spate ...

An attempted cyberattack on Hermes Airports’ website was averted on Friday, according to communications director Maria Kouroupi, who assured that airport operations were not affected. Kouroupi told the Cyprus News ...

Cyprus authorities on Friday reaffirmed their ‘irrevocable’ commitment to combat human trafficking, on the occasion of the European Day Against Trafficking in Human Beings on October 18. A statement from the ...

Police arrested two men in Paphos on Thursday for an investigated case of theft, on the same day the crime had been reported. The suspects, aged 26 and 50, were taken into ...

Police in Nicosia arrested a 32-year-old man for an investigated case of car theft on Friday. According to the police, the stolen vehicle was located on Wednesday in ​​Nicosia and ...

A German real estate agent, charged with the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north, on Thursday denied any involvement in all 44 charges she is facing. The German woman ...

Police said on Thursday that they are closely investigating the recent surge in attacks on mostly third country delivery drivers. “These victims are hardworking individuals in Cyprus, simply trying to ...

Pogo women’s group on Thursday slammed what it called an inadequate sentence after a teacher was jailed for 4.5 years for sexually abusing his students. “Sexual offences against underage girls ...