Crime

Seven people were arrested in Ayia Napa for drug possession, unlawful employment, and illegal residence over the weekend, police said. The arrests were part of an effort by the Famagusta ...

Police in Paphos have arrested a 33-year-old against whom two arrest warrants were pending in relation to recent car thefts. The man, a permanent resident of Paphos, was arrested at 11.40...

Police have arrested two people in Paphos in relation to cases of impersonation. Paphos police’s Michalis Nicolaou said that around 2pm on Saturday a woman presented a French passport ...

A total of 15 people appeared in court in Morphou on Sunday, accused of having stolen 2,500 heads of garlic from a field. The police’s representative in court said the garlic ...

A 54-year-old man who stands accused of running a pyramid scheme had his remand extended for a further five days on Saturday. Police believe the man had a “leading role” ...

A 23-year-old man was found with four open wounds at the Ayia Napa medieval monastery in the early hours of Sunday morning. He was transferred to the Famagusta general hospital ...

Two more suspects have been arrested in an investigation into a café explosion in Strovolos, Nicosia last month, police said on Saturday. The two men, 26 and 23, were arrested on Friday ...

A 50-year-old man suspected of killing his 43-year-old brother-in-law in Peyia was released from Athalassa Psychiatric Hospital, rearrested and remanded for six days, police said on Saturday. Police in Paphos ...

An 18-year-old boy was remanded for two days by Larnaca District Court on Saturday for stealing mobile phones on the beach, police said. The teen was stopped for a check ...

Police arrested a 48-year-old man on Saturday who was wanted in connection with the ‘Metamax’ pyramid scheme fraud. The man, from Paphos was named by two individuals who claimed he ...

A 19-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of rape earlier this month was released on Friday after “contradictions” were found in the complaint filed by the woman who accused ...

A woman appeared in court in the north on Friday, accused of having forged a rabies certificate to import two cats from overseas. A police representative in court said the ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Friday accused of having burgled a house with a rifle in the early hours of last Saturday morning. Police officer Omer ...

A 48-year-old man from Paphos is wanted in connection with the ongoing Metamax pyramid scheme investigation, police said on Friday. The man, from Paphos was named by two individuals who ...

A man and a teenage boy were arrested on drug possession charges in Paphos, police said on Friday. During a raid at 5.30pm on Thursday at the home of a 33...

Police said on Friday that a building shot at in Limassol was an advertising agency, and not a Forex company as had initially been reported by authorities. The building was ...

A 20-year-old was arrested for going 120 km over the speed limit, police said on Friday. Police said that the man was arrested on the Limassol-Nicosia highway in the early hours ...

Police arrested a 29-year-old man suspected to be illegally residing in the Republic of Cyprus, Paphos police said on Friday. According to police, the man was found on Thursday night, ...

Paphos police arrested a 51-year-old man suspected of people smuggling, it emerged on Friday. According to police the man was found after a 46-year-old in a migrant reception centre said ...

A 28-year-old man arrested in connection with the murder of Demetris Andronicou, AKA ‘Demetroui’, was released on Friday after authorities learned the gangland shooting occurred on his wedding day. According ...

A man was arrested Thursday morning in a village near Nicosia for the illegal possession of a massive stash of tobacco products, including over 800,000 cigarettes. The arrest came after authorities ...

Two men, 33 and 35 and residents of a third country, were arrested without residency permits in the Famagusta district, police said on Wednesday. According to a police, following coordinated actions to ...

A man arrested in north Nicosia for attempting to use a counterfeit €50 note at the Saray casino said on Tuesday he had obtained the money from a bureau de change ...

A 53-year-old in Paphos was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday for burglary. The Paphos district court ruled the sentence would begin on April 11, 2024, the day the man was ...