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A man is in critical condition after being shot in the head in an apparent drive by in Nicosia, reports said on Sunday. According to police, while on Grivas Digeni ...

Police on Friday arrested an 18-year-old resident of a village in the Nicosia district to facilitate investigations in an ongoing case of illegal possession of drugs, with the aim of ...

A man was arrested in the early morning hours on Wednesday on suspicion of raping a woman in Nicosia. Investigations started on Tuesday when a woman visited a specific police ...

A 26-year-old was arrested by police, under suspicion of vandalising the Aek Larnaca fan club, authorities said on Wednesday. According to police, at 7.20pm on Monday, around 30 people wearing face ...

A 36-year-old Limassol man in possession of two 18th century cannons was arrested on Monday for having antiquities without a license. Local media reported that the drug squad (Ykan) had ...

A Limassol lower-secondary school teacher was remanded on Monday for eight days following allegations of sexually abusing multiple female students. Police investigations are still at the initial stages, but the ...

The criminal court on Friday ordered that the two men aged 36 and 37 being held in custody in connection to an attempted murder in Larnaca on October 29, remain in custody until ...

Police will soon launch a pilot programme with local councils where the public can participate with crime-prevention organisations on issues directly affecting their neighbourhoods, Justice Minister Stephi Drakou said on ...

The man charged with breaking into U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and attacking her husband with a hammer is a Canadian citizen who was in the United ...

Since Paphos’ domestic violence unit was established in February 15, 2021 up until October 31, 2022 it received 441 reports, it emerged on Wednesday. According to Paphos CID spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, there have been a ...

A 26-year-old man was attacked by around ten people at around 2.30am on Wednesday while he was inside his vehicle, outside the church of Ayios Nikolaos, in Limassol. The perpetrators ...

Larnaca district court on Sunday issued an eight-day detention order against a 28-year-old man to facilitate the police’s investigations involving the theft of solar water heaters and three vehicles ...

Hundreds of people paid their respect on Monday at the funeral of a 12-year-old girl whose battered body was found stuffed in a suitcase outside her Paris home. The case ...

Police in Nicosia are investigating attempted murder, after two officials operating traffic cameras were shot at with a hunting rifle in Kokkinotrimithia, authorities said on Friday. According to police, at 11:35...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Sarah Ktisti Police in Paphos are investigating the pre-meditated murder of a 36-year-old man who died in hospital late on Wednesday due to injuries sustained when ...

A package was found containing 43 g of cannabis at a mail collection centre by the police drug squad, Ykan, authorities said on Thursday. According to police, the package was found ...

Paphos criminal court on Friday sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for sexual abuse offences. According to a statement, the court imposed concurrent sentences of up to 13 years imprisonment ...

Cypriot professor Andreas Kapardis presented two papers on corruption during the 39th Cambridge international symposium on economic crime. The emeritus professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of ...

Many suspicious deaths of Nigerians, have been warned against going to north By Esra Aygin The Nigerian Federal Government has advised Nigerians against going to the northern part of Cyprus ...

High numbers of foreign students being forced into crime part of the problem By Esra Aygin There has been a drastic increase in crimes in the northern part of Cyprus ...

Paphos police have arrested a 43-year-old man suspected of shoplifting, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. It said that a Polis Chrysochous shopkeeper had spotted the man moving suspiciously ...

Limassol police have arrested a 36-year-old man as they investigate the theft of a car. The car was stolen between July 7 and 13. It belonged to a company and was parked ...

Famagusta district court on Tuesday handed down a nine-month jail sentence to a 19-year-old man for a string of thefts. Police said the man was found guilty in 74 cases of ...

A 38-year-old man is under arrest on suspicion of assaulting and insulting police officers and disturbing the peace while intoxicated, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. Paphos police spokesman ...