Crime

A 29-year-old asylum seeker of African origin was arrested at Paphos airport on Tuesday night for impersonation after he attempted to travel to France with another person’s ID card. ...

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out an arson attack on his brother’s car in Ayios Athanasios, Limassol. He is due in court later on ...

A man caught transporting a large quantity of tobacco products has been fined €70,000 by the customs department. According to police statement the man intended to import 436 cartons of cigarettes and 121.5 ...

Police have taken into custody a 26-year-old man for theft of a large amount of money as well as property from a car parked on the beach in Paphos. According ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested early on Tuesday in connection with the attempted murder of another man in Paphos. The victim was found at his apartment in the early morning ...

A 21-year-old man was remanded for eight days by the Larnaca district court on Monday after he was detained at Larnaca airport on Sunday in connection with possession of close ...

Police arrested two people who tried to depart from Paphos airport last Friday and Saturday with forged documents, while a third person was also arrested for illegal trafficking of third ...

Police conducted a raid on a building in Chlorakas overnight, where they arrested three people for illegally residing in the building, and charged four others for stealing electricity, authorities said ...

Police have arrested a 31-year-old man in Nicosia, who was seen driving a stolen motorcycle, authorities said on Saturday. According to police, the man was seen on Lefkonos Street in ...

Paphos criminal court on Friday sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for sexual abuse offences. According to a statement, the court imposed concurrent sentences of up to 13 years imprisonment ...

A 26-year-old was arrested on Thursday evening in connection with a case of assisting third-country nationals to illegally enter the Republic At around 9pm a police patrol spotted a man ...

A man in the Famagusta district has been tricked out of €89,000 by unknown people, police reported on Friday. According to a complaint made on Thursday by the 45-year-old, about a ...

The Paphos Criminal Court decided on Thursday to postpone the hearing of David Hunter on trial for the pre-meditated murder of his wife, following a request filed by his attorneys. ...

A 35-year-old was arrested in Paphos on suspicion of having stolen valuable jewellery from a home, police said on Thursday. According to a police announcement, the man was arrested on ...

People described as “opportunistic individuals” have been stopped at crossing points smuggling counterfeit goods into the Republic, the British Bases said on Thursday morning. Over the past month, officers have ...

A 65-year-old man was jailed for nine months on Wednesday by Larnaca district court after being found guilty of 57 counts including bestiality and otherwise harming animals – having repeatedly snuck into ...

A 69-year-old man on Tuesday plead guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to his son, whom he shot in May during an appearance at Larnaca district court. The incident took ...

A 23-year-old was arrested in Paphos for cannabis and weapon possession, police said on Tuesday. According to Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, the suspect was found when police stopped the 23...

A man stopped at Paphos airport after attempting to depart the island using other people’s travel documents was on Monday remanded in custody for two days. According to Paphos ...

A 41-year-old was remanded by Paphos District Court on Sunday over a case of passport and credit card forgery. Police said an investigation began in June 2018 when Europol Germany tipped ...

Two people were arrested on Sunday over a case of conspiracy to commit a crime and illegal possession and transportation of explosives. A third individual is being sought. According to ...

A man found with 70 cartons of cigarettes and 13.75kg of shisha tobacco in addition to nine boxes of heated cigarettes for which duty had not been paid was on Sunday ...

Twelve computer towers were among evidence taken by police on Saturday night during an investigation into a property in Paphos suspected as operating as an illegal gambling operation. After securing ...

One more person, aged 33, has been charged for offences related to the violence that broke out at a football match last week at the Aek arena, police said on Sunday. ...