Crime

Police are investigating a case of bodily harm and malicious damage after a 25-year-old after he told officers on Sunday a 59-year-old man allegedly struck him in the face, causing ...

A 42-year-old woman was arrested in Paphos for driving a stolen car and testing positive for a narcotest, police said on Monday. The woman also had an unspecified quantity of ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded for eight days at Paphos district court on Sunday after he used a company credit card 80 times to fuel up vehicles. The cost of his ...

Police on Sunday were investigating €700 in damages at the Polemidia school art class. Four people stormed into the case on Friday at around 4pm while cleaners were at the premises, ...

Two people aged 19 and 54 were arrested after they were found with more than 4kg of drugs, police said on Sunday. The 19-year-old was pulled over while he was driving on ...

A 24-year-old man was remanded in custody for four days on Saturday, suspected of having set fire to a barber shop. The fire had broken out at 10.30pm on Thursday ...

A 44-year-old man accused of having captained a boat which brought 22 irregular migrants to Cyprus was remanded in custody for six days on Saturday. The boat was intercepted off the ...

A total of 13 children were arrested and accused in writing in Limassol on Friday night after having illegally lit bonfires. The bonfires form part of the Cypriot Easter tradition of “...

Police have said they believe a fire which broke out at a kindergarten in Nicosia’s old town on Friday night was an act of “juvenile delinquency”. The fire broke ...

The Famagusta district court on Friday remanded a 21-year-old man for seven days to facilitate police investigations regarding the arrival of a boat carrying 25 irregular migrants on Thursday. According to ...

A 44-year-old man was arrested on Friday afternoon to assist police investigations regarding the arrival of a total of 22 irregular migrants on a boat off Cape Greco earlier in the ...

Shots were fired at a used car dealership in Limassol on Friday morning. Police rushed to the scene and are, according to the latest reports, attempting to identify the shooters. ...

A powerful explosive device went off on Thursday at around 11pm in the village of Mesogi near Paphos, heavily damaging a car belonging to a 50-year-old man. According to Paphos ...

A barber shop in Paphos was targeted in an arson attack on Thursday night. A fire broke out in the shop at around 10.30pm, and while the fire brigade rushed ...

Police on Friday announced the arrest of two men in connection with the theft of copper pipes and various other tools from two apartment buildings in the Nicosia district. The ...

Police must crack down on migrant smuggling networks, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Thursday, amidst a surge in arrivals. Over a dozen boats from Lebanon have reached Cyprus’ shores ...

A 34-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a €50,000 robbery investigation. A police bulletin said at around 1:30pm on Tuesday, a 36-year-old man in Limassol met with another ...

A 61-year-old man who scammed someone out of €63,000 was charged in writing and then released, police said on Wednesday. The man allegedly took the money from a 60-year-old man under ...

Police in Limassol arrested a 39-year-old man suspected of setting fire to an abandoned house in town early Wednesday morning, where seven Syrian nationals were reportedly housed. According to a ...

Police arrested a minor on Tuesday at a centre housing unaccompanied minors in Paphos to investigate an assault case against a police officer. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, ...

A 36-year-old man reported the robbery and theft of more than €50,000 to the Limassol police station on Tuesday, while a 35-year-old man is wanted for the case and investigations are ...

Ten boats carrying 476 irregular migrants have been intercepted in the last 72 hours, police said on Tuesday. From these, nine people have been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling as they ...

A 61-year-old man has been arrested as part of the investigation into a case of extortion under false pretences, Paphos police said on Tuesday. According to Paphos police assistant operations ...

Turkish Cypriot social media journalist Serdinc Maypa was released on bail on Monday, after having been charged with violating individuals’ right to privacy. Maypa had been arrested on Thursday and ...