Crime

A man was arrested Thursday morning in a village near Nicosia for the illegal possession of a massive stash of tobacco products, including over 800,000 cigarettes. The arrest came after authorities ...

Two men, 33 and 35 and residents of a third country, were arrested without residency permits in the Famagusta district, police said on Wednesday. According to a police, following coordinated actions to ...

A man arrested in north Nicosia for attempting to use a counterfeit €50 note at the Saray casino said on Tuesday he had obtained the money from a bureau de change ...

A 53-year-old in Paphos was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday for burglary. The Paphos district court ruled the sentence would begin on April 11, 2024, the day the man was ...

A low intensity improvised explosive device caused extensive damage to a sliding glass door on Monday when it exploded outside the house in Mazotos. The explosion appears to have occurred ...

A 44-year-old old man was sentenced to six years in jail on Monday after he was found with around 6kg of cannabis. The sentence was handed down at Larnaca criminal ...

An 18-year-old woman on holiday in Cyprus reported a 19-year-old man raped her, it emerged on Monday. Both are British nationals and the incident allegedly unfolded in Ayia Napa. The ...

Police on Monday urged people to be wary of a new scam on WhatsApp promising huge profits from investments. The police electronic fraud department said it had received a large ...

A 16-year-old has been arrested regarding the illegal possession of drugs, obstruction of police duty and bearing a knife. Paphos police’s Michalis Nicolaou said at 10.20pm on Sunday night ...

A 25-year-old was caught doing 197km on the Nicosia-Larnaca highway, nearly double the 100km speed limit. The man was stopped by the accident prevention squad at around 1am near the ...

A 59-year-old was arrested on Sunday night in Limassol for possession of 21kg and 810gr of duty free narghile tobacco. After a tipoff, the police searched two properties belonging to ...

A 28-year-old man has been arrested and detained for the possession of a pistol, cartridges and military rifle magazines. The weaponry was found in the man’s house and confiscated. ...

Police arrested a 49-year-old woman on Sunday, as a suspect for promoting property sales in the north on Greek Cypriot land. The woman, from an EU country, was arrested at ...

A 39-year-old man was arrested in Limassol in a drug bust, where officers found dozens of packages of cocaine were found in his car, police said on Sunday. Police said ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested with 15.6 kg of cannabis in his suitcase at Larnaca airport, police said on Sunday. According to police, the man was found at his arrival in ...

The 50-year-old man who stands accused of shooting and killing his brother-in-law in the Paphos district village of Peyia was hospitalised at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital after undergoing a psychiatric ...

The police on Saturday warned people to be wary of online scammers pretending to be social media influencer and member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou. They said the posts ...

Eight more people were remanded in custody for two days on Saturday after being arrested in relation to a fight involving around 50 people which broke out last month. The arrests ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested in the Famagusta district on Friday night, after having been found to be in possession of cocaine, ecstasy, and cannabis. The man was pulled over ...

A 54-year-old man from Limassol was arrested on Friday night on suspicion of having operated a pyramid scheme. He was remanded in custody for eight days on Saturday, accused of ...

Eight people wanted in connection with a 50-person fight in Limassol handed themselves in to the local police station on Friday. The fight unfolded on June 27 between two families of ...

Five mobile phones and drugs were found during a raid at the Nicosia central prisons on Friday. Spokesman for the force Christos Andreou told CNA two wings were searched, with ...

A 69-year-old Greek Cypriot man was sentenced to four months in jail in the north on Thursday after having been convicted of sexually assaulting a hitchhiker he had picked up ...

Police on Friday announced a second arrest in conjunction with three robberies carried out by hooded men who sprayed fire extinguishers at their victims. The arrestee is an 18-year-old male, ...