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Larnaca district court on Thursday ordered a 32-year-old man remanded in custody for eight days as police investigate a bank robbery committed in Kiti on Wednesday. A police spokesman told ...

Fifteen police officers are facing disciplinary procedures over their alleged failings in investigating the reports of missing women who were later discovered to have been murdered by Nicos Metaxas. They ...

Three people – two men and one woman – were arrested in Limassol early on Monday morning after police were able to stop their vehicle after a car chase. Police said that ...

A 25-year-old man, who allegedly attempted to steal money from the offering box at the Ayios Ambrosios church in the village of Pachna, has been hospitalised at the Limassol general ...

Police have arrested a 22-year-old man who has reportedly admitted to raping three women in Ayia Napa between April 18 and mid-May, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. It said ...

Police in Larnaca arrested a 30-year-old man wanted by Moldovan authorities, based on an international warrant. The 30-year-old has reportedly been sentenced to 16 years in prison by the Moldovan authorities ...

Paphos police arrested two people – aged 35 and 26 – in connection to a number of thefts. In the first case, a 35-year-old woman was arrested in connection to a house robbery. According ...

Police on Wednesday warned the public against disclosing their bank data after a 23-year-old was allegedly scammed out of €4,000 in Limassol. The young woman received a phone call from an ...

A man aged 45 is under arrest to facilitate police inquiries in a suspected case of sexual abuse of a minor, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday citing informed sources. ...

A 31-year-old man has been arrested after 452 illegal fireworks were found in his house, Limassol police said on Friday. Officers carried out a search of the suspect’s home in ...

Limassol police were investigating on Friday after an explosive device went off at the offices of a football club. The explosion, which occurred around 2.25am on Friday, caused damage to ...

A 60-year-old man who murdered his wife and one of his two sons and attempted to kill the other in February of last year was found guilty of two counts ...

Τwo men, aged 41 and 34, have been remanded for seven days and six days respectively in relation to the premeditated murder of a 60-year-old Paphos resident last year. The older suspect, ...

Paphos police have obtained a court order suspending the operation of premises pending investigations it was being used for gambling, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. Paphos police spokesman ...

Police have issued a new warning after an 86-year-old man was duped into handing over €8,500 on the claim that his daughter needed urgent surgery. In a statement on Thursday, police ...

A 31-year-old man seen holding a hunting rifle in a park as he searched for a 10-year-old boy who had allegedly insulted him was remanded in custody for four days ...

Police are searching for 27-year-old Ahmad Rayed Al Zahri in connection with the attempted murder of another young man in Nicosia on Sunday afternoon. Police on Sunday arrested a 36-year-old ...

A brazen burglary resulted in the arrest of a 37-year-old suspect who allegedly broke into a house in broad daylight while the owner was in the garden entertaining family. The 68...

Paphos police investigating the theft of a safe from the community council of Kili have found the vehicle used by the perpetrators, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. Paphos ...

A 26-year-old third-country national is under arrest on suspicion of burglary, theft, assault, causing actual bodily harm, and residing illegally in the Republic, police said on Tuesday. The theft had ...

A 22-year-old man, wanted by the police for incidents that took place outside Antonis Papadopoulos stadium in Larnaca before the football match between Anorthosis and Apollon on Saturday, presented himself ...

Police said on Thursday that have made a second arrest as part of investigations into the illegal distribution of drugs in Limassol. The man, aged 29, had been sought by police ...

A 40-year-old man wanted in Poland under European arrest warrants was detained on arrival at Larnaca Airport from another European country on Tuesday evening. In a statement on Wednesday, police ...

Police are investigating cases of illegal possession of explosives after firecrackers and fireworks were found in the possession of two men, aged 23 and 33. A number of firecrackers were also found ...