Paphos mayor to be charged for spreading fake news
Police have opened a case against Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos in connection with spreading fake news after he accused the force of turning a blind...
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State appeal filed in drug trafficking trial
By George Psyllides The state has appealed the acquittal of two defendants who had been charged with drugs trafficking offences after the evidence in the...
Wanted Cypriot man arrested in Greece
A 31-year-old Cypriot man, who had been sought by police authorities for participating in a criminal organisation and drug-trafficking since 2014, was apprehended on Tuesday...
Access to info ‘will not be used for fishing expeditions’ minister says
A government bill allowing the court-ordered lifting of communications privacy will not be used for ‘fishing expeditions’, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Thursday, seeking...
Colombia’s FARC rebels suspend unilateral ceasefire
By Julia Symmes Cobb and Helen Murphy Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebels suspended a unilateral ceasefire after government troops killed 26 of its fighters, the guerrilla...
Brazilian executed in Indonesia unaware what was happening until end
By Jane Wardell A Brazilian man executed in Indonesia for drug trafficking who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder did not understand what was...
Cannabis users choosing rehab to avoid jail
By Angelos Anastasiou THE LATEST drugs bust involving three kilos of cannabis came in the wake of a new report highlighting an evident increase in...
Three men from same drugs ring sentenced in Larnaca
THE Larnaca Criminal Court yesterday sentenced two men, George and Christodoulos Christodoulou from Limassol, aged 28 and 38 respectively, to 15 years in prison in...
Three found guilty for drug trafficking
By Evie Andreou TWO brothers and their accomplice were found guilty on Wednesday by a court in Larnaca for drug trafficking. Brothers Giorgos and Christodoulos...
Italy and US police crack big mafia drug ring
Police in Italy and New York broke up a major trans-Atlantic mafia ring on Tuesday, arresting 24 people accused of plotting to move hundreds of millions of dollars in...
