Crime

A high-ranking civil servant in the north was arrested on Monday night as part of the police’s investigations into a mass brawl which took place in Nicosia’s old ...

Police on Monday announced the arrest of a 30-year-old man in connection with an attempted murder which had taken place in March last year. The man was arrested after having ...

The Greek Cypriot arrested in the north for sexually assaulting a male hitchhiker appeared in court in the north for the second time on Monday. The man, aged 69, reportedly sexually ...

Organised crime has grown to a ‘worrying’ scale, and all elements of society must come together to contain it, speakers said at a workshop held on Monday. The remarks came ...

Cyprus’ anti-money laundering unit (Mokas) may be roped in to investigate the case of the Ukrainian woman who was remanded after reporting a €420,000 robbery. Police now fear there may be ...

The Paphos district court on Monday issued four-day detention orders today against a total of seven individuals apprehended by the police in the early hours of Sunday after a large ...

The Paphos District Court on Sunday issued four-day remand orders against two people for illegal possession of duty-free goods. According to assistant police chief Michalis Nikolaou, the two individuals, aged 26 ...

A 32-year-old man appeared in court on Sunday accused of causing actual bodily harm and “using a weapon to incite terror” in Xylotymbou. He is being investigated for a total ...

Seven men, some chunks of concrete, and wooden bats were found by police in a car in Paphos in the early hours of the morning. Police stopped the car at ...

The 31-year-old woman who reported she had been robbed of €420,000 in cash on Friday was arrested for money laundering afterwards, it emerged on Saturday. The woman, who is believed to ...

Three men from Paphos, aged 36, 37 and 40, were arrested on Friday night in connection with a spate of burglaries which have hit the town in recent weeks. Paphos police director Nikos ...

A 69-year-old woman suffered serious head injuries after being run over by an underage driver in Limassol on Friday evening. The woman was crossing a road at a pelican crossing ...

Attorney-General George Savvides on Friday denied he had re-opened the case of Andreas Loizou’s death as a result of public pressure. Instead, he said it was because Loizou’s ...

A 31-year-old foreign woman was robbed on Friday in Limassol, just two hours after arriving in Cyprus carrying thousands of euros in her purse, police said. The woman, reported to ...

By Tom Cleaver and Nikolaos Prakas Police were collecting testimony from partygoers in Limassol on Friday, where four armed robbers stole over €20,000 worth of money and items. Speaking to Cyprus ...

Police arrested a 29-year-old man in Larnaca on Thursday night on suspicion of stealing cheques and forging them. The arrest warrant had been pending since last month. During his arrest, ...

A 16-year-old boy was caught by police in the Paphos district riding a motorcycle with a 15-year-old passenger on Wednesday. The teen was flagged down in the village of Emba ...

A 34-year-old man convicted of smuggling 34 people into Cyprus was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday. The man captained a nine-metre-long boat which was intercepted by police off ...

All 19 people accused of taking part in a mass brawl on northern Nicosia’s popular Zahra Street last week were released on bail on Wednesday. In court, police officer Emin ...

The courthouse in the village of Lefka is to recommence operations on Monday after being closed for over five years due to renovations. The building had been closed in 2018 due ...

The government was given until the beginning of 2026 to open a juvenile detention centre by the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday. Committee chairman Nikos Tornaritis said the plans to ...

A Turkish taxi driver was remanded for eight days by the Famagusta District court on Wednesday, under suspicion of selling weapons in the state-controlled areas. Police said earlier that the ...

The Nicosia Criminal Court will examine two suspects and their company for allegedly exploiting seven migrants working for them, the police announced on Wednesday. The two suspects, aged 40 and 45, were ...

Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police arrested a total of 17 people last week for driving without a licence in the Western SBA during a crime prevention and road safety campaign. According ...