Jewellery stolen from Paphos holiday home
A holiday home in the Paphos district was burgled with up to €3,000 worth of jewellery and other items including tree-cutting machinery, stolen. The incident...
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Man in custody for stealing from ICU patient
A 35-year-old man working at Limassol general hospital has been remanded in custody for seven days on suspicion of stealing €4,000 from a 77-year old...
Man arrested for child porn
A 38-year-old man was placed under arrest Thursday on suspicion of possessing child pornography in digital format. According to the police, the man had used...
Suspect flees police custody, is rearrested
A 35-year-old detainee, taken to court on Monday in Paphos to be remanded in custody, made a desperate but failed attempt to flee the police....
Arrest after moped stolen
Limassol police on Sunday arrested a 15-year-old teenager who was found riding a moped which had been reported stolen earlier in the day. According to...
Man remanded for forged notes (updated)
A man found to be in possession of five fake banknotes in Larnaca on Sunday evening was remanded for three days on Monday by the...
62 year old arrested for child porn
A 62-year-old man was placed under arrest on Thursday on suspicion of possessing and distributing child porn. Police had received a tip from Europol, according to which a user...
Woman arrested for biting man’s finger
An 18-year-old teenager was arrested for causing serious bodily harm after she allegedly bit off part of a man’s finger in Limassol on Thursday. According...
Online piracy group dismantled, one arrest in Cyprus
One of the biggest online piracy groups in the world has been dismantled after coordinated action by law enforcement in 19 countries, including Cyprus, Europol...
Man suspected of killing his father ‘tried to make it look like a robbery’
A 25-year-old man suspected of stabbing his father to death in Lekfara took the victim’s wallet and clothes with him to make the crime look...
Police step up patrols in old Nicosia
Police patrols are being stepped up in the old town of Nicosia along with plans for a new police station along Ledra street. The beefed-up...
Metal detectors for Supreme Court building
Metal detector arches, radiodiagnostic machines and hand-held metal detectors will be operational at the Supreme Court building from September 1, it was announced on Tuesday....
Medical cannabis regulations passed
Parliament has passed a bill to regulate the prescription, distribution, and availability of medical cannabis. The bill was voted into law 42 votes in favour...
Ayia Napa police enjoying a quieter summer
The plunge in tourist arrivals this year in Ayia Napa and Protaras has offered just one bright spark out of all the doom and gloom:...
Police set up crime prevention office in Chlorakas
A small crime prevention office has been set up in Chlorakas in Paphos which will be operated alongside daily police patrols, according to Paphos police...
Chlorakas in fear of armed gangs
By Bejay Browne The murder of a Syrian man in Chlorakas in Paphos last month is the most violent in a growing number of incidents...
Coronavirus: bracing for a rise in crime amid lockdown fallout
By Bejay Browne Police and home security experts are bracing for a rise in burglaries and thefts in the coming weeks as the financial fallout...
Police chief calls for EU solidarity in stemming irregular migration (updated)
Police Chief Kypros Michaelides on Tuesday said Cyprus needed EU solidarity in combatting irregular migration as this was the only way to effectively manage the...
Homophobic bishop most-read website story in 2019
Most of the top 10 viewed stories of 2019 on the Cyprus Mail website were predictable: you would expect the reports of Cyprus first known...
General perception of police is positive
OVERALL Cypriots are borderline satisfied with the police despite there being a great deal of room for improvement, a survey has shown. The survey, polling...
