Crime

Police are seeking a 58-year-old man from Paphos in a case of theft and money extortion by false representation. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, on October 27, a 29-year-old woman ...

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 ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday demanded the identification and conviction of those responsible for the death of a Turkish Cypriot inmate at the Central Prisons in Nicosia. Referring ...

Two people aged 37 and 36 are wanted by Larnaca police in a case involving the attempted murder of a 34-year-old man in a hit-and-run that took place on Saturday night. Police ...

A 33-year-old man was arrested on Saturday morning on the Limassol – Nicosia motorway, to facilitate police investigations into cases of house burglary and theft. In a written statement police stated ...

Police on Saturday said they are looking for two men who allegedly scammed a 60-year-old Limassol resident out of €275,000 in 2019. Three years later, the man reported the case to the ...

Nicosia district court on Saturday remanded eight prisoners following the murder of a 41-year-old Turkish Cypriot inmate at the central prisons. The suspects, who have been remanded for eight days, ...

A 20-year-old man was arrested after 43 plastic bags with cocaine were found in his car, police said on Saturday. Members of the Nicosia drug squad stopped the man’s car ...

Police on Friday arrested a 46-year-old Limassol resident to facilitate investigations of a robbery committed on Thursday at an electrical goods shop. The man was arrested after he was spotted ...

Police arrested two people in Nicosia after they were found with just over seven kilogrammes of cannabis, authorities said on Friday. According to police, during checks on Thursday afternoon, two ...

Five police officers were lightly injured after a fight broke out with five migrants out at the migration office in Paphos. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon after the five ...

The 34-year-old man, who has recently been identified through DNA as a suspect in a 2007 arson at a Limassol school, has been arrested early on Thursday. The suspect denied involvement ...

A 37-year-old man was caught working illegally at a carpentry workshop in Paphos, police said on Wednesday. Officers from the Paphos aliens and immigrations service carried out a search at ...

Two people who attempted to board a flight using travel documents that belonged to other persons were arrested at Paphos airport, police said on Wednesday. Paphos CID chief and police ...

A 49-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of having thrown a training grenade in public on Wednesday morning, causing some minor damage but no explosion. The resident of a ...

Police arrested two men for cannabis possession and cultivation with intent to supply, as six plants were found in their Famagusta apartment. The arrests of the men – aged 41 and 49 – were ...

A lawyer has received a nine-month jail sentence for crimes committed over eight years ago, centred on forging official documents. Limassol district court issued its sentence on Wednesday after it ...

Police on Wednesday said they have arrested three men, aged 42, 50 and 35, on suspicion of abducting a Limassol resident and threatening him for money earlier this month in Nicosia. But the ...

An officer has been suspended after he was caught trying to smuggle irregular migrants from the north to the government-controlled areas last month. Authorities are investigating the possibility of the ...

A 56-year-old man who was involved in a traffic accident while drink driving was fined €1,550 and had his driving license suspended for 50 days. Nicosia district court also imposed ten penalty ...

Paphos district court has issued an order to suspend operations in an establishment where people have been caught gambling over two months ago. Paphos CID chief and police spokesman Michalis ...

A 32-year-old man is wanted on suspicion of stealing a credit card from the car of a 26-year-old woman in Paphos, police said on Wednesday. The alleged perpetrator used the ...

A 28-year-old man was jailed for 12 months on Tuesday after he was found guilty of assisting the illegal entry of third country nationals into the Republic. Famagusta district court sentenced ...

A 26-year-old man, who was found guilty of raping a 65-year-old man with mobility problems, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail. The crime was reported to the police on ...