Crime

The Larnaca criminal court imposed a four-year prison sentence on a 31-year-old man on Friday after finding him guilty of illegal drug possession with the intent to supply to others. ...

A doctor, who was found guilty of indecent acts, will have to now appear in front of a disciplinary board of the Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA), which could strip him ...

A burglary suspect who removed loose glass bricks to get out of a police detention cell in Lakatamia in Nicosia on Thursday night was named on Friday by police who ...

Authorities on Thursday evening were reportedly hunting for a man who escaped police custody at a detention centre in Nicosia. According to Sigma, the man escaped from the Lakatamia police ...

A 34-year-old suspect, accused of attempted murder in Paphos, will remain in custody until the next trial on February 19, as decided by the court on Thursday. The court’s decision ...

The Greek national who appeared in court in the north on Monday apologising for an anti-Turkish rant was arrested again on Wednesday after entering a Turkish military restricted area. The ...

The five-year prison sentence imposed on a 46-year-old man found guilty of illegal trafficking of migrants was the strictest ever imposed, according to a statement released on Thursday by the ...

A 12-year-old from Paphos was injured on Thursday after driving a car into a ditch and then a tree, after which the car ended up on its roof. Paphos police’...

A homemade explosive device detonated at around 3:15am in the Ayia Phyla neighbourhood of Limassol. The explosion occurred at the entrance of a house owned by a 67-year-old woman and ...

Police in Karavas arrested a 50-year-old man on Wednesday evening after he set his own car on fire. The man, who was seven times over the legal alcohol limit to ...

A company in Limassol on Wednesday fell victim to an online scam of over €16,000. According to a police report, an employee of the company disclosed that in December 2023, management entered ...

The Nicosia district court on Wednesday found a doctor guilty of indecent acts against a patient who filed an official complaint against him back in the summer of 2020. Following a ...

The Paphos criminal court sentenced two individuals to seven years in prison on Wednesday after finding them guilty in a case of illegal drug possession with the intent to supply ...

The Famagusta district court on Wednesday handed down a five-year prison sentence on a 46-year-old man found guilty of involvement in the illegal trafficking of migrants. According to the court’...

The 500 “new” police officers joining the force this year announced by Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis are actually just planned hires to fill vacancies, a ministry spokesman clarified on Wednesday. “This ...

Police in Paphos charged a worker and his employer for violating labour laws, authorities announced on Wednesday. According to police, during a raid on Tuesday at a construction site, officers ...

Paphos District Court sentenced a 29-year-old man to five months in jail and fined him €2,000 for damaging the courthouse, police said on Wednesday. The man was arrested in early December ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 32-year-old man in Paphos for an investigated case of theft from a vehicle. According to the police, on Monday afternoon, an 80-year-old woman complained that ...

A car fire early on Tuesday morning in Limassol was caused by a low power improvised explosive device police confirmed, a while the vehicle’s owner has not suggested any ...

Measures announced to tackle organised crime came under fire on Tuesday, while Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said their immediate introduction would boost effectiveness as holistic improvements to the structure of ...

An explosive device set a car on fire shortly before 5am in Limassol on Tuesday, while police are investigating a second car fire in the same district. Police reported that ...

Law Commissioner Louiza Christodoulidou Zannetou on Monday said everything written across social media and press reports over her alleged refusal of an alcotest was far from reality, though she apologized ...

Police on Monday announced eight measures aimed at tackling organised crime and football violence, including increasing the number of front-line officers, more patrols and inspections on all sports fans attending ...

The Court of Appeal on Monday overturned the acquittal of a man who had been accused of possessing and supplying illegal drugs, sentencing him to seven months in prison. The ...