Crime

Lycavitos police station in Nicosia appears to have been among the targets of a criminal organisation based in Greece, it emerged on Tuesday. According to daily Philenews, a photo of ...

Larnaca Airport customs officers recently ramped up checks on passengers departing to UK airports, they announced on Tuesday. Last Wednesday, the customs department seized seventy 50g tobacco packages, and 24 cartons ...

Police on Monday arrested a 42-year-old suspect wanted for a case of fraud under investigation since December last year. Following the suspect’s arrest, police confiscated a quantity of cannabis, ...

A sum of money found by police in the possession of a 31-year-old man stopped for traffic violations was identified as being stolen on January 16 from the vehicle of a 67...

A 31-year-old man was remanded for two days by Paphos court after he was arrested with thousands of euro he could not provide explanations for, police said on Monday. According ...

A fire broke out in the early hours of Monday in a coffee shop in Kaimakli, and Nicosia police are investigating the incident as a case of arson. The fire ...

Police have arrested a 55-year-old man who allegedly stabbed and injured a 58-year-old with a knife in Paphos on January 8. According to a police statement, on January 8 the 58-year-old reported ...

A 45-year-old permanent resident of the island suspected of the premeditated murder of another man was on Sunday remanded in police custody for eight days by the Paphos district court. ...

Three drivers were stopped on the highway on Saturday driving at extremely high speeds, the police announced on Sunday. On the Larnaca to Kofinou stretch of the highway two drivers ...

Police on Friday arrested three 18-year-old men in the Famagusta district over a January 1 case involving explosives and possession of a weapon. Police officers on the evening of January 1 spotted ...

Limassol police on Friday night arrested three foreign nationals in connection with a fight that took place, injuring one of them. Police said the fight took place just after 7pm ...

Police have arrested a man involved in a fatal accident in Paphos early Saturday morning in what is believed to be is a case of premeditated murder. Police said the ...

A 35-year-old driver, who was speeding while drunk and ran a red light, crashing into and killing a 62-year-old mother of two last month, has been sentenced to 22 months in ...

A 46-year-old man has been arrested carrying two knives and two prop pistols in Strovolos, police said on Friday. According to the announcement of the Nicosia police, the man was ...

A 50-year-old man will stand trial on February 1 after having been charged with extracting money under false pretences. Paphos district court ordered the suspect held in police custody until the ...

Three motorists were due in court on Thursday after traffic police caught them speeding in separate incidents. Two of them were driving on Anexartisias Street in Nicosia on Wednesday between 10.10...

All seven suspects in the brutal murder case of 61-year-old Dorotheos Demetriades are to be referred to Nicosia criminal court, four of whom will be held in custody until then. ...

Nicosia district court on Wednesday ordered the eight-day remand of a 36-year-old man suspected of attempted murder, police said. The man was arrested on Tuesday after evidence pointed towards a ...

Cypriot tattoo artist Christos Phitides, who sexually assaulted his client in Cheshire over two years ago, received a suspended jail sentence by a UK court this week. After abusing his ...

Last year the police investigated more than 550 cases of cybercrime, and participated in major international anti-cybercrime operations such as the SSNDOB in cooperation with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...

Authorities in the north arrested two people as part of a large anti-drug operation on Tuesday. Quoting Turkish Cypriot media, the Cyprus News Agency reported that authorities arrested a 52-year-old ...

A 26-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder and robbery, police said. A report said that around 2.45pm the previous day, police received information that a ...

One of the first people to arrive on the scene after a Paphos-based Briton killed his wife, an ambulance driver said when he arrived at the house in December 2021 she ...

Limassol police on Tuesday arrested a 47-year-old suspect in an investigated case of burglary and theft at a meat warehouse. The meat trader had filed a complaint with police, stating ...