Crime

A 25-year-old woman was sentenced to ten years in jail on Monday, after having attempted to smuggle around 9.5 kilograms of cannabis into the country. The woman had been arrested at ...

A 34-year-old man was on Monday sentenced to 12 years in jail after he was found guilty of drug possession with intent to supply after being found with 8kg of cocaine. ...

Police in Paphos caught two underage drivers on Sunday. According to the police, the first driver caught was a 17-year-old driving with another minor, without a licence and without third-party ...

A 28-year-old man who attacked someone with a kitchen knife in Lakatamia on Saturday was arrested a few hours after the incident, police confirmed. Officers are trying to assess whether ...

The ‘job’ was ordered on video call within the prison cell A Supreme Court decision to quash an arrest warrant has brought to light the extent of organised crime within ...

Two men were remanded at Famagusta district court on Saturday, in connection with two boats which reached Cape Greco carrying 147 migrants. During questioning, the migrants identified the two men, aged 19 ...

Crime per capita in Cyprus has risen for the second consecutive year, according to the police’s annual statistics report. The report shows that the “crime index”, the ratio of ...

Turkish Cypriot authorities will carry out a full “academic audit” regarding the scandal of fake diplomas which has erupted in the north in recent days. Speaking at a press conference ...

A total of 33 irregular migrants were spotted by the police on Thursday evening in the area of Cape Greco, located in the Famagusta district. Specifically, at 9.30pm, the coastal police ...

A 44-year-old man was remanded in custody for six days on Friday, a day after he was arrested in relation to a string of church robberies in Paphos. The man ...

A total of 140 kilograms of beef smuggled from the Republic were seized by police in the north on Thursday, with two arrests made. The first arrestee, a 55-year-old man, was ...

Police in Limassol on Friday arrested a man for having committed a raft of crimes, including arson, writing death threats, and trafficking drugs. The man, aged 43 was arrested while travelling ...

Paphos criminal court on Thursday sentenced a man to four years in prison, having earlier found the defendant guilty as charged for possession of child pornography. The man is aged 35. ...

Police in Paphos on Thursday arrested a fourth man in connection with a spate of robberies at churches in the area. The man, aged 44, is the father of the 16-year-old ...

A company in Limassol lost over €17,000 after erroneously paying an invoice after it was requested via email, police said on Thursday. The company’s accountant reportedly told police he had ...

A 36-year-old man was sentenced to nine years in prison for rape, the Larnaca criminal court said on Wednesday. The incident occurred in January 2022, after which police found evidence linking ...

The three suspects who were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of carrying out a spate of robberies at churches in Paphos were all remanded in custody for eight days on ...

A man was arrested in Kyrenia the early hours of Wednesday morning after running a policeman over while attempting to evade a traffic stop. The man, aged 21, who was driving ...

Police on Wednesday found a low-powered improvised explosive device in a vehicle owned by a woman in Larnaca. Larnaca police spokesman Spyros Chrysostomou confirmed that the device did not explode, ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested after a total of €200 in coins was stolen from a fruit shop in Limassol on Tuesday. Police said the theft was reported by the shop’...

Police on Tuesday located and confiscated over five kilos of cannabis in Limassol. According to the police, over two kilos were found in the car of a 52-year-old during the ...

A case has been filed at the Limassol district court against a 43-year-old man who allegedly threatened and attacked a 47-year-old inside the court building on Monday. The complainant is ...

A vehicle parked outside a house in Oroklini was shot at several times on Tuesday, police said. Larnaca CID officer have launched a hunt for the perpetrators since following the ...

Police on Tuesday were investigating a case of car arson against a police officer which broke out in Limassol overnight. The fires broke out shortly before midnight in two cars ...