Arrested in Achna for gun possession
BRITISH bases police on Wednesday arrested a 42-year-old man in Achna village, near Famagusta, after guns and jewellery were found on his property. Acting on...
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Party leaders and former officials share 51 police guards
A TOTAL of 51 policemen are being paid to guard party heads and former state officials, the Justice Ministry said in an announcement on Tuesday,...
Farmer remanded after attacking relative over herd of sheep
A 58-year-old man from Polemidia, near Limassol, was remanded for eight days on Wednesday after he reportedly stabbed his relative, aged 68, whose herd of...
Cannabis grower remanded
A 70-year-old man who was arrested on Tuesday after 79 cannabis plants and four kilos of the drug were found in two of his Limassol...
Arrest after woman attacks police officer
A British woman was arrested at Paphos international airport for attacking a police officer, police said on Tuesday. Aged 49, she allegedly created a scene...
Police investigate claim football fans attacked Turkish Cypriots (updated)
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Tuesday condemned a reported attack against three Turkish Cypriots on Sunday by a group of Greek Cypriots in Nicosia,...
Bomb disposal team carry out controlled explosion at Man Utd stadium (Update 2: device was not viable)
A bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on a suspect device – later described as not viable – inside Manchester United’s stadium on...
Eight injured in brawl at Kofinou reception centre (Update with Hasikos comments)
Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos said on Sunday that the brawl between more than a hundred refugees at the Kofinou reception centre for asylum seekers on...
Turkish police seal off hotel to halt dissident opposition congress
By Gulsen Solaker and Mert Ozkan Police sealed off a hotel in Ankara on Sunday, preventing dissidents in Turkey’s nationalist opposition from holding a party...
Police investigating cause of Pyrgos Tyllirias fire
Police are investigating the cause of fire that broke out on Saturday near the Pyrgos Tyllirias reservoir, and which burned around 30,000 square metres of...
