Crime

Two women were arrested in Ayia Napa under suspicion of having shoplifted, police said on Friday. The arrests, which took place on Wednesday, involved two women aged 20 and 32, following testimony ...

A 22-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Thursday afternoon after assaulting a police officer and committing “various traffic violations”. Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said the ...

Five people, aged between 19 and 28, were charged in writing of working illegally in Paphos, the town’s police assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said on Friday. In addition, the man ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Friday in connection with a bomb explosion in Paralimni last month. The bomb had been placed outside a nightclub in Pernera ...

Police are trying to shed light on an incident that took place in Lakatamia, Nicosia, at 1.30am on Thursday, when a bomb exploded at a parking lot. Early investigations carried ...

The 31-year-old Ukrainian woman who stands accused of money laundering was jailed pending a trial on Wednesday after being unable to afford bail. The woman stands accused of laundering around €8 ...

A 44-year-old man is expected to be brought before the Nicosia District Court on Wednesday in connection with two investigated cases of arson. The two cases of arson committed in ...

An appeals court in Larnaca has released a 43-year-old Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in a money laundering case on bail, it emerged on Tuesday. The man was released on €30,000 ...

A 25-year-old man from Paphos was handed a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday after having carried out two armed robberies at the same kiosk. The man committed the two robberies, ...

Police in the north announced on Tuesday the arrest of two men who had embezzled over $100,000 from a casino in Kyrenia at which they were working. The pair, aged 46 and 36, ...

Police in Famagusta arrested two people who were killing lambs near the Famagusta lake on Monday night. The pair, aged 35 and 29, were killing lambs outside a slaughterhouse in the area, ...

Cyprus participated in an international police operation that led to the arrest of nine people involved in the Juicyfields Ponzi scheme, police announced on Tuesday. The scheme attempted to gather ...

A 42-year-old prison guard was handed a six-day remand on Tuesday after being arrested when drugs were found in his locker at the central prison. A total of 120 grams of ...

Paphos police arrested a 24-year-old man for an investigated case of illegal possession of narcotics and stolen property late late on Monday. According to the police, around 11.30pm traffic police ...

Police on Monday uncovered a large stash of firecrackers in the room of a minor, following a search of his residence in a village in Nicosia. According to the police, ...

Members of the board on the Gaming & Casino Supervision Commission get special treatment, pocketing around €800 a month while others on similar public bodies make €70, MPs heard on Monday. The ...

Lakatamia mayor Photoula Hadjipapa on Monday alleged “massive and illegal voter movements” were taking place in her municipality ahead of June’s election. Hadjipapa is standing to be the mayor ...

An incident involving a convicted man who in December 2019 was sentenced to ten years in jail for attempted murder and who was released on parole in 2022, took place on Sunday. ...

A policeman was run over in Limassol on Monday. The policeman, who was on a bicycle, had attempted to pull a car over after a check found that it did ...

Police in the Famagusta district were on high alert following a shooting near the house of a 36-year-old man in the village of Frenaros. According to various reports, several shots ...

The blast in the early hours of Monday at a Larnaca seaside hotel, which has been closed for renovation work since December last year, was caused by a home-made explosive ...

The Paphos District Court issued a three-day remand for a 33-year-old man implicated in a case of forgery, impersonation and circulation of a forged document. According to Paphos assistant chief ...

A 27-year-old man has been remanded in custody for five days by the Paphos district court for an investigated case of burglary and theft. According to the police, residents of ...

A 26-year-old man arrested for illegal possession of property will appear before the District Court of Nicosia on Monday. According to police, officers arrested the man on Sunday afternoon after ...