Crime

Two cars in Paphos were destroyed in a fire, police said on Friday. The two cars, belonging to a couple, caught fire on Thursday night, necessitating the fire service to ...

A Turkish Cypriot born to a “mixed marriage” had his appeal against a denial of his Cypriot citizenship rejected by the Nicosia administrative court on Thursday. The court upheld the 2007 ...

The Limassol district court on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old to two years in prison for a fatal traffic accident that took place on July 10, 2020, resulting in the death of 19-year-old ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Thursday accused of threatening to incinerate his own 79-year-old mother. Police officer Hasan Celik said in court that the man had ...

A 16-year-old boy from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday after having ridden a stolen moped. The boy was seen by police riding the stolen moped. The police proceeded to stop ...

Nicosia police are investigating a fire which broke out outside the Omonia clubhouse on Thursday morning. According to reports, the fire started around 5am and subsequently spread to an outdoor ...

A 47-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday evening after a string of thefts from shops in the Larnaca and Famagusta districts last year. The woman had reportedly obtained products from ...

A third inquiry into the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou is coming to an end on Thursday, while a date is expected to be set for the coroner’s ...

Police on Wednesday evening seized two computers from a building in Paralimni which are allegedly being used to provide illegal electronic gambling services. The computers were seized following a search ...

A woman was tied and gagged by four hooded men who broke into her home in the Limassol village of Erimi on Tuesday evening. According to the police, the woman ...

A 39-year-old man wanted for crimes in Germany and Israel is to appear before court on Wednesday to commence his extradition process. According to the police, the man was arrested ...

A 45-year-old man accused of deliberately running down a 58-year-old man in Paphos and killing him admitted in court on Tuesday to the charge of manslaughter. According to the history ...

Officials from the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police’s specialist anti-bird trapping unit said on Tuesday that more resources have been dedicated to combating the issue than ever before. Members ...

Police have launched a two-month clampdown on organised crime, the force’s spokesman Christos Andreou confirmed on Tuesday, while an investigation is underway on how details of the operation got ...

The Paphos District Court remanded in custody three minors aged 15, 16 and 17, for five and two days for a a case of vehicle theft. According to the police, on March 14, a ...

Police on Tuesday arrested two men, aged 21 and 27, as part of an ongoing investigation into a case of conspiracy and preparation of forged documents abroad. The case concerns forged driver’...

Police in Larnaca have arrested a man and a teen suspected of importing six kilograms of cannabis, the force said on Saturday. The 44-year-old and the 17.5-year-old were arrested on ...

The attorney-general’s (AG) decision surrounding the investigation of Andreas Loizou’s death has made a mockery of justice, Loizou’s family said in a damning statement on Thursday. The ...

The two men arrested on suspicion of money laundering in Limassol last week denied all charges in their second court hearing on Friday. The pair, aged 41 and 34 years old respectively, ...

Police on Friday announced the arrest of three men in connection with an armed robbery in an Ayia Napa hotel. The trio, aged 25, 23, and 22 years old, stand accused of conspiracy ...

Police in Paphos have successfully busted a document forging ring, Paphos police assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he said the ...

A bomb exploded in the Pernera area of Paralimni in the early hours of Friday morning. The bomb had been placed outside a nightclub at around 2am. The resulting explosion ...

A criminal court on Thursday sentenced a man to six years in prison, having earlier found him guilty on the charge of possessing child pornography. The decision was handed down ...

A 43-year-old man from Paphos was remanded in custody for two days on Wednesday on suspicion of having twice broken into a warehouse and robbed tools from inside. Paphos police’...