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A second arrest was made on Tuesday over the kidnapping and assault of a 24-year-old Turkish Cypriot man in Limassol, police said. The arrested man is 45, with the police already ...

Twenty people were arrested during a police operation at an apartment complex in central Limassol on Tuesday for staying illegally in Cyprus. The morning operation formed part of a large-scale ...

Police on Monday cautioned about increasingly sophisticated online scams where criminals use artificial intelligence to mimic the faces and voices of loved ones and colleagues. The warning is part of ...

The Nicosia criminal court on Friday ruled that Georgios Christodoulou Zavrantonas must for a second time respond to charges related to the alleged possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine. He had ...

Seven people arrested in connection with an assault on a 16-year-old boy in Latsia on October 9 are expected to appear before Nicosia district court on Wednesday. The suspects are aged 21, 17, 16, 14 ...

The first hearing in the trial of a 58-year-old man accused of murdering Alexandros Antoniou in the village of Konia in November 2025 will be held on January 27 next year, the ...

The trial of a 36-year-old man accused of kidnapping and threatening two women with a knife in a Larnaca flat in March 2026 has been postponed to November 4, police said on ...

A 47-year-old Georgian national suspected of attempting to murder a 44-year-old in Mouttayiaka was remanded in custody for eight days by the Limassol district court on Saturday. Police asked for ...

Police are investigating two robberies in Limassol in which two women were targeted by hooded gangs on motorcycles in the early hours of Saturday. In the first case, a 25-year-old ...

Police arrested seven people on Friday night for offences including illegal stay, drink driving and theft. Officers stopped and checked 699 drivers and 213 passengers. Traffic checks resulted in 330 charges for various ...

Two men aged 20 and 26 were arrested after police found more than a kilo of cannabis, 50g of cocaine and 95g of cannabis resin in an apartment in Limassol on Friday. ...

Two people, aged 18 and 16, were remanded for two days on Wednesday in connection with the shooting to death of a cat in Paphos, police said. The Paphos district court issued ...

A 49-year-old food delivery driver was robbed in Larnaca on Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday. The man was riding his motorcycle in an area of Larnaca at around 11.20pm ...

Two people, aged 38 and 52, have been arrested in Larnaca as part of investigations into burglary and theft from homes, committed between July and October 2026, police said on Sunday. One case ...

As overnight police operations to control serious and organised crime in urban areas continue, police arrested 12 people around the island over Saturday night. Crimes committed include illegal stay in the ...

A total of 175 cartons containing 200 cigarettes each were seized from the luggage of a British passenger at Paphos airport on Thursday, the customs department said on Saturday. The cartons did ...

A 44-year-old man was arrested in connection with five burglaries committed in between 2010 and 2013 on Friday night, police said on Saturday. The man was arrested on a European court warrant ...

Two people were arrested in Paphos after using other people’s bank cards to make online purchases, police said on Wednesday. The suspects, aged 29 and 18, were arrested during a police ...

A total of 27.5 kilograms of ketamine, as well as smaller amounts of other substances including cannabis, mephedrone, MDMA and cocaine, were found in an apartment in Limassol, police said on ...

A man from Somalia saw his conviction increased from two to three years for a domestic violence case after the court of appeal found the initial penalty was “clearly insufficient” ...

Eleven people were arrested during nationwide checks overnight, while officers recorded 337 traffic complaints, police said on Friday. The arrests were for offences including burglary, illegal possession of property, assault, illegal ...

A 40-year-old man was arrested at a Limassol jewellery store after police found him inside with items believed to have been stolen, police said on Friday. Police received information shortly ...

A total of 396 boxes of duty free cigarettes and heated tobacco products were seized in Engomi, Nicosia during an operation targeting the illegal possession and sale of tobacco products, police ...

Attorney-General George Savvides issued a direct rebuttal on Tuesday to the anti-corruption authority’s claim that his deputy, Savvas Angelides, had always fallen within the scope of the spy van ...