Crime

Police in Paphos arrested a 22-year-old man for a case under investigation of knife assault and injury with conspiracy to commit a felony over the weekend. The crimes are being ...

Six months after the exposure of a major international sham marriage scheme in Cyprus, a 39-year-old Pakistani man, believed to be the ringleader, was arrested in Germany and extradited to ...

Paphos police arrested a 37-year-old man overnight who was wanted by the Ukrainian authorities for arson and whose extradition process in underway on Friday. According to Paphos assistant police chief, ...

A 36-year-old man fell victim to internet fraud after transferring money to a fake profile. The man reported the incident to Limassol police, stating he lost a substantial amount of ...

Police in Paphos on Friday announced the completion of a raid on an illegal gambling den in the town. The raid was carried out as part of efforts to crack ...

Doros Theofanous, serving life for murder, admitted to escaping while visiting family under police escort, but denied conspiracy to do so with the 26-year-old alleged accomplice, who also denied any ...

A fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday at an entertainment venue in Paphos. According to the police, the fire service was called out around 4am and arrived ...

Police in Paphos on Tuesday said they were still looking for a third person in connection with a loaded pistol found in an “open area” in the district. The pistol ...

The woman who was arrested for pouring boiling water on her husband’s scrotum appeared in court in Trikomo on Monday, while her husband remains in hospital. In court, police ...

A 24-year-old man was robbed on Monday night in Limassol, with the perpetrators stealing his motorcycle. According to a complaint filed by the victim, an Indian student residing in Cyprus, ...

Police in Larnaca arrested a man on Monday as part of an investigation into a jewellery store burglary and theft According to a police statement, a 36-year-old man was taken ...

As part of an investigation into an alleged sham marriage case, police arrested a 25-year-old man on Monday. A police statement released on Tuesday said that the man was taken ...

Three people were arrested early on Monday morning in Famagusta after a 27-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint in Ayia Napa. According to his police, at around 11:20pm on Sunday ...

Five people were fined by the Turkish Cypriot police after attempting to cross from the Republic to the north at the Ledra Palace crossing point in Nicosia with combined total ...

Police on Saturday announced the arrest of a 22-year-old man in connection with one of a recent flurry of attacks on delivery drivers in Limassol. In particular, the man stands ...

The Limassol district court on Friday issued a six-day detention order for two men, aged 20 and 25, who were arrested as suspects in connection with recent assaults on food delivery drivers ...

Police officers on Friday discovered an improvised package containing a mobile phone and a small quantity of drugs during routine checks conducted at the Nicosia central prison on people seeking ...

A 22-year-old man appeared in court in Paralimni on Friday, accused of having committed a string of burglaries and thefts from pubs and beach bars in Paralimni and Ayia Napa. ...

The Paphos drugs squad (Ykan) has made a further arrest in connection with a drug trafficking case from May, it announced on Friday. During investigations into a case of illegal ...

A 76-year-old woman reported she was scammed out of €145,000 by an unknown person, police reported on Friday. According to her complaint, on May 15 she contacted an unknown man through an ...

The 15-year-old boy accused of having edited into existence explicit images of teachers and pupils at the school he attends had his latest court hearing postponed on Friday until November 12. ...

Two 17-year-olds from Syria were sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday for setting fire to a hotel operating as a shelter for unaccompanied underaged migrants in Oroklini, Larnaca. ...

A teenager was sentenced to ten months in jail on Thursday for assaulting a delivery rider in August, in Limassol. The Limassol District Court found the 18-year-old guilty as one ...

The Larnaca criminal court jailed two women aged 20 and 22 for 11 years on Thursday after finding them guilty of importing 41 kilogrammes of cannabis to the island. The two convicted women were ...