Crime

An arson attack on a stolen car caused a brush fire that destroyed a hectare of wild vegetation near the old Paphos-Limassol road in the early hours of Sunday, police ...

A pensioner in Limassol who left his bag on a chair at a beachside restaurant in Limassol on Saturday while he went for a swim had his car stolen, police ...

Two people aged 29 and 20 were caught on the Nicosia–Larnaca highway driving at excessive speed, the first at 210 km/h and the second at 194 km/h, police said on Sunday. ...

A large quantity of illegal cigarettes, tobacco and dairy products have been seized from a barber shop in Nicosia, police said on Sunday. The shop owner, aged 73 was arrested, fined ...

A 26-year-old suspect was remanded by Limassol district court on Saturday morning after over 30kg of cannabis was found in his possession, with reports saying he is not cooperating with ...

Famagusta police arrested two teens early on Saturday morning after they brazenly sought to deceive the same shop owner twice with counterfeit money. The two were later remanded for six ...

Police in Limassol seized 30 kilograms of cannabis from a vehicle on Friday. Following a tip off, they stopped the vehicle, which was being driven by a 26-year-old man in the ...

Two men were arrested on Thursday night in Paphos for possession of burglary tools and knives. At around 10.30pm on Thursday, police officers stopped a vehicle driven by a 42-year-old ...

Police on Paphos arrested a 30-year-old man for his alleged involvement in two forest fires that firefighters had to put out near the village of Fyti on July 21. The fires ...

Head of the bar association Christos Clerides essentially confirmed on Friday that a shooting in the early hours was targeted against a Nicosia lawyer. “Any attack against a lawyer by ...

Police arrested two men were in Paphos on Thursday for possession of burglary tools. According to the police, around 10.30pm police patrol officers stopped to check a vehicle driven by ...

Police on Thursday arrested a person for forgery and impersonation at Paphos airport. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, the suspect presented a French identity card at the departures desk ...

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 ...