Crime

A 21-year-old woman was arrested at Larnaca airport on Monday after a total of 16 kilograms of cannabis were found in her luggage. The woman had arrived at Larnaca on an ...

Thieves stole a bronze bell from a church in Chlorakas, police said on Monday. According to police, a member of the church committee of Chlorakas reported on Sunday that the ...

A man aged 61 was remanded by the Paphos court on Sunday after being arrested for burglary and theft, police said. According to police, on April 19, a 47-year-old man reported that ...

A man and a woman, aged 31 and 25 years old, were arrested on Saturday after having allegedly robbed a kiosk near Morphou. The robbery had taken place at around 5pm, with ...

Paphos residents and visitors fear an increase in windscreen wiper thieves, operating in groups across supermarket parking lots in the area. According to posts on social media and previous reports ...

A 19-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested on Saturday night after pulling a fake gun on a woman who is believed to have given him the gun. Police received a ...

A 34-year-old man was arrested in Nicosia on Sunday, accused of committing an “indecent act” amid other offences. The man was arrested shortly before 2am for the crimes of committing “...

A 53-year-old woman from Protaras was arrested on Saturday night after having been drunkenly shouting during the evening. The woman had “caused concern” to neighbours and passing pedestrians on her ...

A 53-year-old man from the Paphos village of Latchi was arrested on Sunday, accused of being drunk and disorderly. Police were called shortly after midnight by patrons of a business ...

A 16-year-old child was arrested in Larnaca on Saturday after allegedly threatening two tourists with a knife and using xenophobic language against them. A report was filed by the tourists, ...

A 35-year-old man was arrested on Saturday night, accused of stealing an electricity transformer from a facility belonging to the electricity authority (EAC) in Larnaca. The transformer was stolen in ...

A 30-year-old hotel employee has been arrested on suspicion of stealing from hotel rooms and attacking police officers who tried to arrest him. The man appeared before Paphos district court ...

Two women were arrested in Ayia Napa under suspicion of having shoplifted, police said on Friday. The arrests, which took place on Wednesday, involved two women aged 20 and 32, following testimony ...

A 22-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Thursday afternoon after assaulting a police officer and committing “various traffic violations”. Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said the ...

Five people, aged between 19 and 28, were charged in writing of working illegally in Paphos, the town’s police assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said on Friday. In addition, the man ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Friday in connection with a bomb explosion in Paralimni last month. The bomb had been placed outside a nightclub in Pernera ...

Police are trying to shed light on an incident that took place in Lakatamia, Nicosia, at 1.30am on Thursday, when a bomb exploded at a parking lot. Early investigations carried ...

The 31-year-old Ukrainian woman who stands accused of money laundering was jailed pending a trial on Wednesday after being unable to afford bail. The woman stands accused of laundering around €8 ...

A 44-year-old man is expected to be brought before the Nicosia District Court on Wednesday in connection with two investigated cases of arson. The two cases of arson committed in ...

An appeals court in Larnaca has released a 43-year-old Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in a money laundering case on bail, it emerged on Tuesday. The man was released on €30,000 ...

A 25-year-old man from Paphos was handed a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday after having carried out two armed robberies at the same kiosk. The man committed the two robberies, ...

Police in the north announced on Tuesday the arrest of two men who had embezzled over $100,000 from a casino in Kyrenia at which they were working. The pair, aged 46 and 36, ...

Police in Famagusta arrested two people who were killing lambs near the Famagusta lake on Monday night. The pair, aged 35 and 29, were killing lambs outside a slaughterhouse in the area, ...

Cyprus participated in an international police operation that led to the arrest of nine people involved in the Juicyfields Ponzi scheme, police announced on Tuesday. The scheme attempted to gather ...