Crime

Police unions decried the government’s measures aimed at tackling hooliganism as “unrealistic”, while it pointed out that others already exist but are not enforced. Nikos Loizides, head of the ...

Police have arrested another man, a 29-year-old, in connection to the incidents involving fans at the Anorthosis-Apollon basketball semi-finals, who fought with police officers last Sunday. The arrest took place ...

A 58-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday night in connection to several cases of illegal stay in the Republic and document forgery, the same for which a further 17 people are ...

Shady dealings have been uncovered and the police have made arrests for driving licences having been issued on the basis of fake residence permits. The case has led to three ...

Police on Wednesday arrested a 42-year-old man, suspected to be the person who deceived two elderly women by impersonating an electricity authority (EAC) rep to rob them. According to Limassol ...

Police on Wednesday are investigating a vehicle fire which broke out at dawn in Emba. According to head of Paphos CID, Michalis Nikolaou, around 2 am a fire broke out in ...

Three minors were charged in writing on Wednesday for attempted property destruction in a chapel in Paphos. Police arrested the youths, aged aged 14, 15 and 16, on Tuesday, following interrogation, for setting ...

A 55-year-old Ukrainian woman was on Tuesday sentenced to six months in prison after she brandished a knife last August at a pro-Russia gathering. Larnaca district court handed down the ...

Two men were remanded in custody for seven days on Tuesday after their arrest for allegedly being involved in a case of staging a robbery. The incident unfolded at around ...

The 73-year-old private doctor held in custody since Friday in a sexual harassment case was released on Monday with conditions, to be summoned to court at a later date. A 24...

A Greek Cypriot man was remanded for three days in the north after a drug bust he tried to flee from that resulted in a ‘police’ chase. Turkish Cypriot media ...

A dramatic armed robbery on Monday appeared to have been staged, leading to the arrest of two men aged 55. The incident unfolded at around noon where three armed robbers stole ...

An attempted scam against an elderly woman in Dasoupoli was foiled on Monday, after unknown perpetrators tried to extort €20,000 from her for a medical operation she was told her granddaughter ...

A 33-year-old permanent resident of Cyprus is being investigated by the police for allegedly causing harassment and psychological violence to his former partner, a 38-year-old woman. According to Paphos police ...

Police on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old Limassol resident for driving a stolen car. According to the police, the vehicle was stolen early on Sunday from outside a kiosk. Around 11pm ...

A 37-year-old man was arrested, after police found over 2,000g of cannabis and a dozen grammes of cocaine in his possession, authorities said on Sunday. According to police, the drug ...

Paphos police said on Sunday they fined twelve drunk drivers, and arrested two individuals for driving under the influence of narcotics. According to police, 38 people were fined in an operation ...

Police arrested a 63-year-old man in Korakou, Nicosia suspected of having wounded four people with a knife, authorities said on Sunday. According to police, the man was found at approximately 4:45...

The customs department has seized thousands of tobacco products from passengers of Turkish Cypriot origin at Larnaca airport, according to an announcement released on Saturday. According to the announcement, customs ...

Police on Saturday released a statement saying that a 37-year-old driver was arrested and taken into custody on Friday, after being involved in a traffic accident, injuring a 44-year-old man, ...

Police on Saturday released a statement saying that three people were arrested on Friday, as part of the investigation into a string of burglaries, thefts and reception of stolen goods ...

A 73-year-old doctor in Paphos was arrested on Friday after he was reported for sexually harassing a 24-year-old trainee. Police spokesman and CID chief Michalis Nicolaou said the doctor works ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Friday filed an appeal in connection with a sentence imposed for a triple fatal road traffic accident in May 2017 in Pano Polemidia. Last month, the Limassol ...

A 26-year-old from Bangladesh, resident of Nicosia, Sunny Hossen, has died in a fatal traffic accident, police said on Friday morning. The accident occurred at 9.50pm on Thursday on Salaminos ...