Crime

Police arrested a third man in connection with the torching of a police car in the early hours of Thursday morning. The man arrested is 22 years old and is also ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Nikolaos Prakas A 70-year-old Briton and his 61-year-old wife were remanded in custody for six days on Thursday, in connection with a case of marijuana possession. ...

Officers of the asylum service on Wednesday located six people residing illegally within the Republic’s territory in Paphos. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, members of the service ...

A 72-year-old woman in Nicosia fell victim to a telephone scam on Wednesday afternoon, with perpetrators managing to rob her of a sum of €52,000. According to a police statement, the ...

A total of 30 kilograms of smuggled lamb meat was seized at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point by Turkish Cypriot police on Tuesday. They explained on Wednesday that they had pulled ...

A gun and ten kilogrammes of cannabis stored in a plastic olive jar were found on Wednesday at a 34-year-old’s apartment in Paphos. The man was arrested during the ...

By Robert Morgan A 10-year-old, allegedly involved in the vandalism of Livadia primary school on Easter Saturday, is expected to appear at the Voroklini police station to give a statement ...

A 62-year-old man arrested as a suspect in a shooting in Zakaki will appear in court of Wednesday, police said. The man was arrested on Tuesday, under suspicion he was ...

On Wednesday, authorities announced the arrest of a 29-year-old man suspected of attempted murder in Nicosia last year, while a manhunt for a second suspect continues. The 29-year-old was apprehended ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 52-year-old resident of Limassol for a case of extorting money with false representations. An 83-year-old resident of a village in the Limassol district reported the ...

The Larnaca district court on Tuesday issued a one-day remand against two 14-year-olds and a 16-year-old to facilitate police investigations regarding a case that took place in Kiti on May 4 ...

Man arrested in Zakaki shooting incident Police arrested a 63-year-old man on Tuesday, after issuing an arrest warrant for him earlier over his suspected involvement in a shooting at a ...

Three individuals in Paphos were fined a total of €21,500 over the past week after being found in possession of untaxed tobacco items from the north, the police announced on Tuesday. ...

Three additional suspects were remanded for eight days on Tuesday after being arrested in connection with a Lakatamia attempted gangland murder committed last month. The court’s decision brings the ...

Two children were arrested on Monday in connection with an arson attack on a house in the Larnaca village of Kiti on Saturday night. The pair, aged 14 and 16 years old ...

Shots were fired at a parked car in Zakaki on Monday, police said. The shots were fired shortly after 3pm, with police currently believing they were fired from a small ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Tuesday, accused of having stolen copper coils from a water tank on the roof of his own father’s house. The ...

Sefa Karahasan, the Turkish public broadcaster TRT’s Cyprus correspondent, was arrested in the north in relation to the ongoing “fake diploma scandal” and appeared in court on Tuesday. Karahasan’...

A woman from Kyrenia was arrested for practicing “witchcraft” and for taking money in exchange for promises of a Republic of Cyprus passport, the Turkish Cypriot police announced on Tuesday. ...

Police made multiple arrests across the country of people carrying firecrackers and other pyrotechnic paraphernalia on Easter Saturday. One 18-year-old man was arrested near the Ayia Marina church in Limassol ...

A house belonging to a 73-year-old man was set on fire on Saturday night as a group of up to 70 youths attacked police who had been called as a lambradjia ...

A police car was completely destroyed on Easter Saturday night in what Limassol police spokesman Lefteris Kyriakou called an “organised attack”. The car had been set on fire when police ...

Police and fire services were on high alert in Limassol on Saturday, after a number of tyres were set on fire on a main road. Officers believe two minors were ...

Four people in Limassol were remanded for seven days on Friday under suspicion of drug trafficking. The suspects included three men aged 21, 19, and 22, as well as a 20-year-old woman. According ...