Crime

Paphos district court on Wednesday remanded a 58-year-old man suspected of shooting a dog. According to police statement, a 40-year-old man in Tremithousa reported hearing a shot shortly after 3pm ...

MPs on Monday expressed concern about overpopulation at the central prisons as well as the absence of full-time psychiatrists, while the justice minister hinted at the creation of an ‘observatory’ ...

Police announced on Monday the arrest of a third person in connection with the forgery and supply of false permanent residency documents. A 27-year-old man was arrested on Sunday night ...

Three men in Paphos pled not guilty to charges of illegal possession of explosives on Monday after being found in possession of more than 96,000 firecrackers in March. According to police ...

Police in Paphos are searching for a 33-year-old man believed to have stolen two electric bicycles on Sunday morning. The owner of the bicycles filed a report at Peyia police ...

The Paphos district court issued a two-day detention order against a 29-year-old woman, for allegedly breaking into a hotel room and stealing electronics. According to police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, on ...

The Larnaca court on Sunday remanded a woman aged 37 for four days as a suspect allegedly for the possession and distribution of child pornography. Information was received by police from ...

A father and son aged 56 and 27 respectively chased down and tried to apprehend a burglar they spotted on CCTV after he broke into their Paphos shop that sells eyeglasses but ...

Nine vehicles, six motorcycles and three cars, were impounded by Limassol police during a coordinated traffic operation on Saturday night. The operation was implemented as part of ongoing efforts to ...

Nicosia police have arrested a man aged 33 on suspicion of the possession and distribution of child pornography, they said. The investigation into the case began after information was received through ...

A woman who attempted to depart from Paphos international airport using fake documents was arrested on Saturday. The suspect went to the airport at around 11.30am to travel to Germany, ...

Police on Saturday said they are investigating a ring of illegal provision of privileges to asylum seekers within the immigration department after an officer employed there was arrested for issuing ...

A minor was found driving on the opposite side of the road facing oncoming traffic in Paphos, police said on Saturday. Officers spotted the minor around 3am on Saturday and ...

Limassol police arrested a 17-year-old teenager and a 21-year-old man on suspicion of stealing from an elderly woman’s home this week. The two were arrested on Friday on charges ...

Lawyer Panayiotis Kleovoulou, who led an attack against a gathering of left-wing organisations at the Limassol public university in 2017, was sentenced to ten months in jail on Friday. The 63-year-old ...

A migration department officer was arrested on Friday in connection with an ongoing investigation where residencies were issued to third country nationals. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said he was disappointed ...

Two people have been arrested after attempting to smuggle a kilogram of cannabis to the north across the Ledras Street crossing point. The suspects, whose names have not yet been ...

Paphos Police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old man against whom a European arrest warrant was pending. According to police spokesman and head of CID Michalis Nikolaou, at 1.40pm, the wanted ...

Limassol police on Wednesday took into custody another suspect for an investigated case of importation of 100g of cannabis resin, for which a 34-year-old was already issued a seven-day detention ...

A 38-year-old man has been jailed for two years after being found guilty of aiding third country nationals to illegally enter the country, having driven a boat from Syria into ...

The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on Wednesday handed down a ten-year prison sentence to a 33-year-old woman, after finding her guilty of smuggling of 16.8 kilograms of cannabis. According to a police ...

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to five months in jail by the Nicosia district court on Tuesday after he was found guilty of violent conduct during a football match between ...

Police in Paphos on Tuesday arrested a 29-year-old man for sending threatening text messages. According to police spokesman, Michalis Nikolaou, a 39-year-old permanent resident of Paphos filed a report, stating ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 34-year-old based on a court warrant for a case of importation and possession of illegal drugs. The arrest came following inspection by customs officials of ...