Crime

A 29-year-old man appeared before the Paphos criminal court on Thursday, where he admitted to charges of importing and possession with intent to supply of 28 kilograms of cannabis, as well ...

The Legal Service has done nothing wrong in the way it has handled the case of Thanasis Nicolaou, attorney-general George Savvides said on Thursday, in statements that prompted the fury ...

Bicycle-mounted police in Limassol on Wednesday arrested a 38-year-old man in Limassol after he was found to be in possession of a counterfeit identity card and a knife. Police said ...

Police in Limassol on Wednesday arrested a 31-year-old man after they found cocaine, ketamine and other drugs in his car and in his apartment. The man’s car was pulled ...

The G3 military rifle included in the recovered weapons and explosives found in an Oroklini cemetary did not originate from the national guard, media reported on Wednesday. Instead, it is ...

A man appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Wednesday, accused of stabbing a nightclub bouncer in the chest. Police officer Emrah Turgul explained in court that the stabbing took ...

The two cabinet-appointed investigators received their formal orders of operation on Wednesday, as they began digging into the 19-year-old case of guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou’s murder. They have “three months ...

Members of the police drug squad Ykan followed for over 24 hours the two men who were arrested and remanded for the largest cache of weapons and explosives ever found in ...

A 58-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after having been found to be in possession of a total of six cannabis plants. The plants weighed a total of 120 grams and ...

Police investigations into the scandal at the Osiou Avakoum monastery are expected to be completed “within days”, sources close to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) said on Tuesday. The sources ...

Two people were injured and a knife was brandished during a fight on Nicosia’s central Ledras street on Tuesday afternoon. The fight took place in a residential property, with ...

A 32-year-old man who was in custody for 20 cases of burglaries and thefts in Paphos, was rearrested on Tuesday as a suspect in 14 similar cases, committed in Limassol district. According ...

Police in Famagusta arrested three wanted individuals for a case of theft and use of a stolen credit card, following a tip-off from a member of the public. The three ...

A 30-year-old woman jumped out of the first-floor balcony to escape her violent husband, Nicosia district court heard on Sunday. The woman was found injured on a street in Nicosia’...

The truth must shine over what happened to Thanasis Nicolaou, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, as he stressed the newly appointed investigators must begin work immediately. Christodoulides was responding ...

A total of four televisions fell victim to hooligan vandalism on Thursday night in Limassol during tit-for-tat aggression between fans of local sports clubs Apollon and Ael. Limassol police said ...

By Robert Morgan Police arrested a 46-year-old Paphos woman for theft from her employer on Friday. The woman had worked at a bakery near Polis Chrysochous and was reported on ...

Schools across Cyprus received bomb threats by email on Friday morning. The bomb threats are so far believed to be hoaxes, though some schools immediately took measures and evacuated children ...

A 19-year-old male was arrested on Thursday evening in connection with thefts from three cars. The thefts took place between November and December last year. The police’s investigation into ...

Ten people suspected of alleged involvement in the attempted murder of Demetris Andronikou, aka Demetroui, were remanded by the Nicosia court for eight days on Thursday. The attempted murder took ...

A 48-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Thursday by the Nicosia district court for being allegedly involved in a case of phone fraud involving individuals impersonating doctors. The ...

The fire in Limassol’s Turkish Cypriot quarters appears to have been set deliberately, it emerged on Thursday. The flames caused the old Apollon cinema’s roof to collapse, while ...

The Paphos criminal court on Wednesday handed down sentences of 15 and nine years in prison to two men aged 27 and 35 respectively, after finding them guilty of charges related to drug ...

Three people aged 32, 46, and 50 will go on trial in December before the Larnaca district court for charges related to extortion and threat of violence, stemming from incidents that took place ...