Crime

A 26-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday after having been found guilty of sexually abusing a child. The ruling was handed down at the Larnaca Criminal ...

Limassol police arrested four persons in the early hours on Tuesday while burglary tools were found in their vehicle. According to the police, officers on motorised patrol noticed the suspects’ ...

A criminal case was registered on Monday against a 25-year-old man for burglary of a church in Latchi. The District Court of Paphos ordered that the man remain in custody ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of having impersonated a police officer to steal £1,000 (€1,171) from a bureau de change. Speaking in court, police officer Alpaslan ...

Police in Paphos were on Monday investigating a car fire that broke out overnight causing extensive damage to the vehicle. According to police, the suspected arson was reported shortly after 9...

Police in Limassol intercepted a stolen car on Sunday and arrested the 45-year-old driver. According to police, at 11pm a motorised patrol spotted the vehicle, reported as stolen, travelling on ...

Police on Sunday were trying to track who may have written ‘Koumas, die’ on a Makarios statue in Paphos. George Koumas is the head of the Cyprus Football Association, where ...

Smuggled sex toys, tobacco and other miscellaneous items from Turkey were found in a café and warehouse in a village south of Nicosia. The two locations are owned by two ...

The trial of the four defendants charged with the murder of 55-year-old Thanasis Kalogeropoulos in Limassol has once again been postponed. The criminal court set a new date on March 14. ...

A 34-year-old man appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Wednesday, accused of stealing a football jersey with the name “Ronaldo” and the number seven on its back. The man ...

Investigations continued on Wednesday following the busting of a Europe-wide sham wedding ring last week. The police in coordination with Europol and the Portuguese and Latvian authorities are trying to ...

A Greek Cypriot man appeared in court in the north on Tuesday, after having allegedly stolen a mobile phone. Police officer Cemal Aslan told the court the man on January 20 ...

Paphos police on Wednesday said they are looking for a 25-year-old man who is suspected of stealing over €4,500 from a church in Yeroskipou earlier this month. The man’s 24-year-old ...

Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat, wanted for selling Greek Cypriot properties in the north, is set to arrive on Thursday, it emerged on Wednesday, as two investigators were due in ...

A total of 35 individuals under the age of 21, convicted for drug offenses or facing charges for rape, are currently being held together with minors in a special wing at the ...

A man was robbed and assaulted with an electrocution device in Limassol on Tuesday. According to state broadcaster CyBC the attack happened shortly after 7pm in a tourist area of ...

Police on Tuesday arrested three women, aged 39, 53 and 60 for the offenses of illegal stay in the Republic, illegal employment, forgery, impersonation and securing registration by false representation. The women were ...

Police in Paphos on Tuesday arrested a woman for an investigated case of possession of stolen property while her husband is wanted for burglary and theft. According to the police, ...

Two people, aged 23 and 22, were sentenced to four years in prison by the Famagusta district court on Tuesday after being found guilty of charges related to illegal drug possession, intent ...

Paphos police arrested a 34-year-old man on Monday for an investigated case of residential burglary and theft. According to police, they were made aware of the crime on January 22 when ...

The central prisons are largely overcrowded often with four prisoners cramped into one cell, MPs heard on Monday, amid concerns of medical staff shortages. Although the facility can only cater ...

A 20-year-old woman has been remanded in police custody after trying to travel to France with forged documents from Paphos airport, police said on Monday. On Sunday afternoon, the woman ...

Police in Paphos on Sunday fined a hunter for use of an illegal bird-call mimicking device. According to the police, the 44-year-old man was issued a €500 out-of-court fine after game ...

Police in Limassol on Sunday arrested a 26-year-old man found with 260g of cannabis. According to police, the man’s home was searched by the drug squad following evidence collected ...