Crime

A 24-year-old was arrested by the police in Limassol on Monday as the prime suspect in the theft of a handbag valued at €500, which contained a cash amount exceeding €2,500, as ...

Police in Larnaca are investigating a case in which four men allegedly robbed a house “under the threat of garden shears”. The alleged burglary took place shortly after 1am on ...

A carer who allegedly beat a 100-year-old man who resided at the care home at which she worked in Famagusta was released on bail on Monday. In court in Famagusta, ...

The Limassol criminal court on Monday saw a tussle taking place involving a relative of one of the two defendants in the double homicide case in Ypsonas last year. Marios ...

A 29-year-old man appeared in court in Paphos on Monday as part of the police’s investigation into a large quantity of drugs found in the village of Emba last ...

Police on Sunday arrested of a 32-year-old man in Paphos on suspicion of theft and illegal stay in the Republic. According to the police, at 6.30pm suspicions were raised at ...

Police were on Monday searching for the people behind an armed robbery that took place shortly before midnight on Sunday in Limassol. According to police, the robbery took place at ...

Police arrested a second person on Sunday in connection with a large amount of drugs that were discovered in Paphos on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Paphos resident was arrested after a ...

Nine people were arrested on Sunday as the police staged a special operation in Nicosia and Paphos to identify third country nationals living illegally on the island. During the operation ...

Untaxed tobacco products, building material, fertilizer and petrol were found during customs checks at the Limnitis crossing point in Pyrgos on Saturday, police announced on Sunday. The items were found ...

Unrest broke out in the early hours of Sunday when a man pulled out a gun outside a baker in Nicosia to break up an incident with youngsters. According to ...

A 61-year-old was remanded by the Famagusta District Court for five days, on suspicion of scamming another individual out of thousands of euros, authorities said on Saturday. The 61-year-old claimed ...

The Limassol District Court on Saturday issued an eight-day remand for two men, suspected of receiving nine kilograms of cannabis from abroad. According to police, the two men, 25 and 22, were ...

Two men were arrested on Friday after a total of nine kilograms worth of cannabis was found by police in packages sent to Cyprus from abroad. The pair, aged 25 and 22 ...

The 47-year-old man accused of attacking two others with a machete sent threatening texts to the girlfriend of one of his victims, it emerged on Friday. The nature of the ...

A 42-year-old man was handed an eight-day remand on Friday, accused of facilitating the illegal transportation of irregular migrants to Cyprus. The remand is related to the detection of two ...

A 42-year-old Greek Cypriot was arrested at the Pergamos crossing point in the north after being found to have been using forged car insurance documents. Further inspection of his vehicle ...

A woman appeared in court in Famagusta on Friday accused of beating a 100-year-old resident of the care home at which she works. The incident came to light after the 100...

Three men appeared in court in the north on Thursday, accused of selling lottery tickets and scratch cards from the Republic. Speaking in court, the police’s representative said one ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested in the north on Thursday after allegedly pulling a knife on a barman. He reportedly got into a disagreement with the barman over the price ...

There was an explosion at the entrance of a medical clinic in Aradippou in the early hours of Thursday morning. According to police, the explosion took place at around 1am. ...

An Egyptian national who was in prison in Cyprus died in the early hours of Thursday morning. The man, aged 57, had reportedly been suffering from “chronic and serious medical problems” ...

Police in Larnaca arrested three men for “acting suspiciously” before the start of Wednesday night’s football match between Anorthosis and Apollon. The trio, two of whom are 28 years old ...

A jewellery shop in Paphos was burgled in the early hours of Thursday morning. The shop, which is located in the centre of the town, was broken into at around 1:45...