Crime

Customs officials found and seized thousands of cigarettes as well as other tobacco products smuggled from the north, a press release said on Thursday. On July 24 customs officers carried out ...

A 25-year-old man was arrested in Paphos on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a case whereby five people “caused damage” to a car and beat its driver. The ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 60-year-old man for a case of online fraud under investigation. The fraud was committed in 2019 in Limassol and the 60-year-old was arrested in Spain with ...

The body of a man was found on Tuesday afternoon in a coastal area of the Larnaca district. The man was identified as 81-year-old Andreas Avraam from Xylophagou. His body ...

A fire broke out at dawn on Monday in a parked vehicle in Geroskipou. The car was parked outside the owner’s apartment building. The fire was extinguished by the ...

Police on Monday arrested a 31-year-old burglary suspect in Paphos. According to the police the arrest was made after a tip-off from a member of the public who reported he ...

The Customs Department on Saturday seized the largest quantity of duty-free tobacco products ever intercepted on the island A total of 300 cartons of 200 cigarettes and 36 kg of rolling tobacco were ...

Nicosia drug squad said on Saturday they had arrested a third suspect in connection with the discovery of 150 grammes of cannabis earlier this week. A 51-year-old man was taken into ...

A man has been arrested and remanded in custody for seven days in the north after police found drugs and related paraphernalia, which had been smuggled from the Republic, in ...

Police have arrested a 27-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man on Thursday evening as part of an ongoing drugs case investigation. According to the police, a small amount of cannabis ...

The attorney-general’s office on Thursday welcomed as “very important” a recent judgement by the administrative court upholding the action by the parole board to revoke a prior decision of ...

Paphos criminal court on Thursday referred three persons to trial on charges of illegal possession and transport of explosive devices – some 96,000 firecrackers. The three defendants were referred to trial after ...

A 23-year-old man was arrested after the drug squad found he was carrying 247 grams of cannabis, it emerged on Thursday. In a bulletin, police detailed that members of the drug ...

Paphos police on Tuesday arrested a 38-year-old domestic helper wanted for theft. According to the police, the woman’s employer reported that she had left her post on December 24, 2019 having ...

Three people were caught driving under the influence of drugs in Paphos on Tuesday. According to the police, the offenders were aged 22, 23 and 40. Two of the drivers arrested had also ...

Two people were arrested on Wednesday at Paphos airport for presenting forged travel documents. According to police spokesman and head of Paphos CID Michalis Nikolaou, the two suspects, aged 22 and 30, ...

Police in Ayia Napa arrested three people suspected to be in possession of laughing gas with an intention to sell, authorities reported on Monday. According to police, a woman, 50, ad ...

Police in Paphos made two more arrests in connection with investigated cases of thefts of building materials, starting to look like the work of an organised ring. According to CID ...

A 31-year-old suspected bomb-maker was remanded into custody for eight days by the Limassol District Court on Saturday. The man was arrested on Friday after testimony linked him another suspect, ...

Another 23 migrants arrived at Cape Greco, police said on Saturday, adding that a 17-year-old was arrested for captaining the ship that brought them. Police said that the boat was spotted ...

A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a series of bomb attacks investigated in Limassol while another suspect remains in custody, police said on Friday. The second arrest ...

Two men aged 49 and 54 will face pre-meditated charges in a trial set to begin at Limassol criminal court in September, it emerged on Friday. The case concerns the death of 44...

Police on Thursday arrested a man for attempting to import cannabis through Paphos airport. According to police statement, the drug squad in cooperation with the customs department, prevented the attempt ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 35-year-old man for an investigated case of vehicle arson. According to the police, on Wednesday shortly before 4pm a 37-year-old woman reported that in the ...