Crime

A fire broke out in a Nicosia private university’s basement stairwell, necessitating the need of three engines to deal with the blaze, the fire service said on Thursday. In ...

Two individuals, who allegedly broke into a church were remanded for five days, the Paphos District Court decided on Thursday. According to the Paphos CID chief Michalis Nikolaou, the pair, ...

Two hunters caught hunting in a prohibited area in Paphos district were fined on Wednesday. According to the police, members of the game service on the lookout for poachers in ...

Police in Paphos on Wednesday arrested two people, a 33-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman, for investigation into a case of possession of burglary tools. According to the police, the ...

Thefts and vandalism are plaguing Larnaca’s schools, President of the district’s school board Petros Chrysostomou said on Wednesday. Items such as air conditioner compressors, copper pipes, and solar ...

A 63-year-old man in Limassol found an improvised explosive device (IED) outside his home police reported on Wednesday. According to police statement, the man who found the IED in his ...

Three suspects accused of starting a fire by reckless behaviour appeared before Larnaca district court on Tuesday, with a 29 and 51-year-old pleading not guilty but a 38-year-old pleading guilty. All ...

CCTV footage from the area surrounding the bank in Limassol where shots were fired on Monday is “under the microscope” of Limassol police. Police say a saloon car which was ...

In the early hours of Tuesday, a vehicle owned by a 51-year-old woman was targeted by unknown individuals in Limassol when explosive device was detonated, causing damage to the vehicle. ...

A 39-year-old man has been arrested for burglary in Paphos. According to police, a concerned citizen noticed at 1:45am on Tuesday that a shop on Apostolou Pavlou street had been ...

Two men from Paphos were arrested on Monday for stealing copper pipes and other items worth a total of €9,100, while police are looking for a third culprit. According to Paphos ...

Police on Sunday seized a quantity of 13.5kg of cannabis following a coordinated operation by the Limassol drug squad (Ykan), they announced on Monday. During the operation, three people were ...

A 37-year-old man was arrested trying to leave Larnaca airport on Saturday after had previously given sworn testimony he had lost his travel documents. According to head of Paphos CID ...

A 55-year-old woman arrested in the Netherlands was extradited to Cyprus, over an ongoing fraud and money laundering investigation, police said on Saturday. Authorities in Cyprus had issued a European ...

Two men were arrested on Saturday for questioning over their suspected involvement in an attack against two French sailors at Limassol’s marina a day earlier. Police issued the warrants ...

A new case of fraud and misappropriation of funds with false representations is being investigated by the police in Limassol. According to a police statement, at the beginning of August ...

Two men have been released on bail after being found in the buffer zone attempting to smuggle meat to the north. The pair will be tried in a Turkish military ...

Two French sailors reported being attacked shortly after midnight on Thursday in Limassol. According to the Limassol CID, the complainants, aged 21 and 25, reported that they were attacked by unknown persons ...

Police on Thursday confiscated over nine kilos cannabis from a woman arriving at Larnaca Airport. The 24-year-old woman was arrested for investigation into the case of illegal drug importation. During ...

Limassol district court on Thursday ordered released from police custody a man suspected of organising the anti-migrant march in Limassol last week that exploded in violence. The man was released ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Thursday issued a fresh warning over scammers impersonating CySEC employees, as well as websites pretending to be that of the commission, in ...

A 56-year-old man charged for the death of a dog after it was stuck in a trap was released under certain conditions, it emerged on Thursday. Paphos police spokesman Michalis ...

Paphos District Court on Wednesday imposed a 15-month prison sentence to a 74-year-old woman for causing the death of a 10-year-old schoolgirl. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, the 74-year-old ...

The trial of Sefer Bugra Altundag, who stands accused of murdering 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur in January, has been transferred to the Trikomo high criminal court. The ...