Crime

A 29-year-old Turkish Cypriot man has reportedly kidnapped his two-year-old child from its British mother’s home in Limassol after illegally crossing from the north, police said on Wednesday. According ...

A 45-year-old Limassol man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with four burglary and theft cases committed between October 2021 and August 2024. The suspect was taken into custody under a court ...

The Supreme Court ruled that the detention of a 26-year-old asylum seeker from the Congo had become unlawful after approximately 15 months in custody, finding there was no realistic prospect of ...

The court of appeal on Monday ordered a retrial of Georgios Christodoulou Zavrantonas, who was in 2022 sentenced to 22 years in prison for the possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine. Zavrantonas’ lawyer ...

A 64-year-old woman has fallen victim to online fraud, losing a total of €39,000 after being deceived through social media, police said on Monday. In September 2024 she was contacted via a ...

A report into accusations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number of high-profile figures, centred on allegations of abuse of a woman named only as ‘Sandy’, was handed by ...

A total of five people were arrested in Paphos for drug possession on Saturday evening after the car in which they were all travelling was stopped and searched by the ...

Police arrested a 37-year-old man at Larnaca airport on Saturday morning on a European arrest warrant. “During the passport check, it was found that a European arrest warrant was pending ...

A 45-year-old man was arrested on Friday in connection with the online advertising of flats for rent, which according to a complaint, did not belong to him. The police said ...

A livestock farmer was arrested on Friday in Kofinou for assaulting a veterinary officer. Larnaca police spokesman Spyros Chrysostomou said veterinary officers arrived at a farm in Kofinou at 11am ...

A 26-year-old man was arrested after police seized approximately 8kg of cannabis in a coordinated anti-drug operation, the force said on Friday. The police drugs unit Ykan, working with customs, ...

A 50-year-old man has been arrested after he was found illegally inside a property in Limassol with burglary tools in his possession, police said on Friday. Officers went to the ...

The labour ministry’s inspectors identified four undeclared employees in the education sector and nine in retail businesses, imposing fines totalling €25,000. In the education sector, inspectors carried out checks at 63 ...

Police on Thursday announced the dismantling of a criminal ring allegedly involved in producing forged tenancy agreements and supplying them to third parties, following the arrest of nine people. According ...

Two men have been arrested after police found a stolen vehicle and suspected stolen goods, the police said on Thursday. The suspects, aged 65 and 35, were detained after officers acted on ...

A 60-year-old man lost €48,000 after falling victim to an online scam involving messages from people posing as the National Health Scheme (Gesy), police said on Wednesday. The complaint was filed ...

A total of 60 convictions in child sexual abuse cases were seen in 2025, police said on Wednesday. Each case reflects detailed investigations carried out by the unit for the management of ...

Prosecutors involved in the missing files from the central prison case on Tuesday handed over 1,116 documents of the 2,900 total to the defence during proceedings at Nicosia criminal court. The documents ...

Two passengers arrested at Larnaca airport when hundreds of packets of cigarettes were found in their luggage were remanded in police custody on Monday by the Larnaca district court. The ...

A parliamentary candidate has been removed from the ballot of the Hunters’ movement following his alleged involvement in an assault on an assistant referee during a football match, with the ...

Police arrested three people overnight on suspicion of offences including theft, conspiracy to commit a misdemeanour and interference in judicial proceedings, authorities said on Monday. The police said the operations ...

As part of an ongoing investigation. Nicosia CID arrested a Special Police Officer on Saturday, the police announced on Sunday. He was immediately suspended, following instructions of the chief of ...

Two people were arrested on Sunday by the drugs squad Ykan after a search of their home uncovered various suspect items. The search of the couple’s- a 33-year-old man ...

Fire broke out among four ambulances parked outside the Royal Artemis Medical Center in Yeroskipou, Paphos at about 1am on Sunday. The ambulances were parked one next to the other ...