Crime

The lawyer and police officer arrested earlier this week in connection with the Swedish fugitive who escaped police custody were hatching his escape plan, it was reported on Friday. Swedish ...

Police on Friday have launched an investigation into attempted murder following the injury of a police officer during violent incidents the previous night ahead of the high-risk football match between ...

Police on Thursday arrested and charged a 32-year-old driver for going more than twice over the speed limit on the Ayia Napa-Larnaca highway. The man clocked 218 km/hour while driving ...

Shots were fired at an apartment block in the northern Nicosia suburb of Omorphita, the Turkish Cypriot police said on Thursday. They said the shots had been fired at around 4.35...

Two people were remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday after having been arrested in connection with an attempted murder in the Limassol suburb of Ayia Phyla on Monday ...

A 26-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Tuesday night after police found him to be in possession of a total of 17 grams of cannabis, as well as “small amounts” ...

A 40-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday night after taking out a pistol and firing shots into the air at a petrol station on the road between Morphou and the ...

A 30-year-old man from Kyrenia was arrested on Tuesday night after having stolen his girlfriend’s mobile phone. The man had become irate at around 1pm when, while spending time ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded for three days on Tuesday by the Famagusta district court for a burglary and illegal possession of drugs. He was reported to have been stealing ...

A police officer and a lawyer were arrested on Tuesday morning for aiding the escape of the Swedish fugitive that had been held under police custody at a Larnaca hospital. ...

A 41-year-old Greek Cypriot man was shot at the Ayia Fyla area in Limassol on Monday night, which police are investigating as an attempted murder. The shooter fled with the ...

Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of 62-year-old Vitaly Shostak in his apartment in Limassol are continuing on Sunday, the police said. Shostak died after being stabbed once in ...

A woman was attacked by a dog in the Kyrenia district village of Thermia, the Turkish Cypriot police said on Sunday. The woman, aged 52, was walking along a street in ...

A 30-year-old man appeared in court on Saturday charged with having deliberately started a fire in an apartment which led to his 70-year-old mother being admitted to intensive care with ...

A 63-year-old woman was remanded in custody on Saturday on suspicion of having stabbed her husband to death with a kitchen knife. She reportedly denies having committed the crime and ...

A 56-year-old man from Paphos was on Friday sentenced to seven years in prison after having been convicted of robbing an optician’s shop last year. He will also serve ...

A 22-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday for possession and distribution of child pornography material. Paphos criminal court heard the man was arrested in June ...

Authorities confiscated 300 cartons of cigarettes during a Christmas Day security check at Larnaca airport. Customs officers discovered the cigarettes in the luggage of two Turkish Cypriot passengers traveling to the ...

A man was beaten up in Nicosia in the early hours of Friday morning in what police described as a homophobic attack. The 31-year-old man was attacked by a group ...

The police have arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with a robbery and theft of €100,000 that occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Limassol. A second suspect is still at large. The ...

Police are carrying out an investigation as to why a hired contract worker was guarding the Swedish fugitive who escaped while under police guard, it emerged on Tuesday. The contractors ...

The 49-year-old Swedish fugitive who escaped from police custody while at a private clinic was on Tuesday remanded in custody for seven days by Larnaca district court, as police came ...

The bank association warned on Monday that there is an increase in online fraud attempts during festive periods, which are accompanied by increased commercial activity, both in physical stores and ...

Following a coordinated manhunt, police recaptured a Swedish fugitive in the Larnaca area almost 24 hours after he escaped from a private clinic while supposedly under guard. He was found on ...