Crime

Four tourists have been remanded after they attempted to leave the island with almost 300 cartons of duty-free cigarettes, police said on Wednesday. Three women, aged 59, 54 and 53, and a 52-year-old man, ...

Police on Wednesday filed a request to gain access to bank accounts of Tamassos bishopric or anyone close the bishop to investigate complaints filed against the metropolis in Osiou Avakoum ...

Larnaca District Court remanded a 28-year-old man for six days for falsely identifying himself at the airport, after he was found lying on the ground. According to police, the man ...

Paphos police arrested a 36-year-old man suspected of attempting to influence a witness, in a case brought against the suspect, it emerged on Wednesday. According to police, a man had ...

A 22-year-old was remanded for seven days on Tuesday for carrying a knife and possessing an offensive weapon. Two other people, aged 22 and 20, are already in custody for the same ...

Four British tourists were arrested on Monday night at Paphos Airport after officers discovered 280 boxes of cigarettes in their luggage for which tax had not been paid, police said. The ...

Close to a hundred people have complained they were victims of the pyramid scheme Metamax, Limassol police said on Tuesday. According to deputy police spokesman Marinos Vasiliou, 90 people have been ...

A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with a case of knife possession, it emerged Tuesday from police reports. Two other suspects, aged 20 and 22, are already in custody for the ...

A 24-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested on Monday after police found three kilograms of cannabis during a search of his house. The cannabis was located in three separate bags: ...

Three vehicles were damaged after a bomb exploded at a residential property in Strovolos in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police said the explosion occurred at around 3.30am, with ...

A total of 150 complaints were made between Friday night and Monday morning by members of the Limassol Traffic Police, as part of a weekend crackdown on traffic violations. Authorities checked 325 ...

A drone illegally delivered two packages into the central prison on Sunday night. Prison guards spotted the drone between 10pm and 11pm, and witnessed it fly into the prison’s ...

A 63-year-old man suspected of being involved in the case of cheating and extorting money from citizens who invested in the Metamax pyramid scheme, presented himself on Monday morning to ...

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 ...