Crime

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 ...

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 ...