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A 65-year-old man accused of bringing 4kg of liquid cocaine into Cyprus through Larnaca airport was remanded in custody for eight days on Wednesday by the Larnaca district court. The ...

A 44-year-old businessman accused of extorting tens of thousands of euros from an elderly man will remain in custody until his trial, the Larnaca district court ruled on Tuesday. The ...

A 22-year-old Bangladeshi man was remanded in custody for eight days on Monday after confessing to the murder of fellow Bangladeshi student Shahruar Ahmed Emon and staging his kidnapping to ...

A 35-year-old man was remanded in custody for eight days on Monday after 10kg of opiate drugs were found at his home in Nicosia. The detention order was issued by ...

A total of fifteen people were arrested during nationwide checks carried out overnight, the police said on Monday. The arrests were linked to offences including living in Cyprus without the ...

Larnaca police on Friday said investigations into the 22-year-old Bangladeshi student missing from his home in Oroklini since last week are continuing. “As part of the examinations, all technological tools ...

Police have arrested a second suspect as part of an attempted murder investigation following a violent altercation outside a nightclub in Ayia Napa early on Wednesday that left four men ...

A Paphos resident was scammed out of €47,406, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on June 15 when the resident received a phone call from an unknown person, who informed him ...

The court of appeal has overturned the Famagusta district court’s decision to release three people on bail after all three were charged with child abuse offences, it announced on ...

A disciplinary investigation was launched on Saturday after a 17-year-old briefly escaped from police custody at Omorfita police station in Nicosia the previous evening, following instructions by police-chief Themistos Arnaoutis. ...

Police and state services are on constant alert to prevent potential terrorist activity, especially following recent developments in the Middle East, police spokesperson Vyron Vyronos said on Monday. He said ...

Police in Limassol launched an investigation on Wednesday after gunfire damaged the offices of a financial services company in the Zakaki area. According to initial information, employees arriving at the ...

A 45-year-old Syrian was remanded for three days on Tuesday for reportedly kidnapping his two teenage children for six months. The was arrested upon his arrival at Larnaca airport on ...

A 29-year-old man was remanded in police custody for three days on Sunday by the Nicosia district court after he reportedly threw a flare at a police officer trying to ...

Four people were arrested overnight as part of nationwide preventive policing, police said on Sunday as operations continue to prevent serious criminal acts, ensure public order and enhance the public’...

A man from the Famagusta area has been arrested after a police officer was attacked on Saturday evening. At 5.30pm on Saturday, members of the Xylotympou and Xylophagou police stations ...

Two Syrian nationals are facing the revocation of their asylum status and deportation proceedings following an assault on three Israeli tourists in central Nicosia, the deputy migration ministry said on ...

Police arrested ten people during overnight operations nationwide, with offences including illegal residence, burglary and theft, it announced on Friday. Officers carried out a series of targeted checks of vehicles, ...

A 35-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday by the Paphos permanent criminal court after being found guilty in an attempted murder case linked to an attack ...

Nearly €200,000 in undeclared cash was seized from a Ukrainian passenger at Paphos airport by customs officers after the money was discovered hidden inside socks in his luggage. The customs department ...

The Nicosia permanent criminal court on Monday unanimously ruled that Giorgos Christodoulou, also known as Zavrantonas, will remain in custody pending the retrial of the high-profile case concerning the importation ...

Two people were arrested overnight during coordinated operations carried out in urban areas, the police said on Monday. One of the arrests involved offences including assaulting a police officer. The ...

A 50-year-old man was remanded in custody for eight days by Limassol district court on Saturday in connection with the reported theft of €800,000 from a company in Limassol. The suspect ...

Police are investigating terrorism-related offences and participation in a criminal organisation in connection with the arrest of two men aged 32 and 38, police spokesman Vyron Vyronas said on Saturday. The two ...