Crime

Two more people were remanded in custody on Tuesday after being arrested on Monday night for attempting to cross to the north by car with false insurance documents. The pair, ...

Two men, aged 35 and 29, were remanded in custody for eight days on Tuesday after posing as doctors to scam thousands of euros out of the elderly in Limassol. The pair ...

A 40-year-old man was issued a €16,000 fine for illegal possession of tobacco products on Monday. According to police report, the man was spotted around 7pm driving Limassol and was stopped ...

A 22-year-old woman was taken into custody for investigation of an impersonation case at Paphos airport. According to the police, the woman was presented herself on Monday the departure desk ...

Three man were arrested by the Larnaca drug squad in coordination with customs authorities on Monday. According to police statement, in a check carried out by an officer of the ...

A 22-year-old was arrested on Sunday after he was found to be in possession of over ten kilos of cannabis. According to the police, at 11.30 members of the drug squad (...

A Paphos business owner was fined €4,500 by customs authorities after large quantities of duty-free tobacco products were found during a search, Paphos police said on Friday. Specifically, the search was ...

A teacher at a Limassol school has been suspended after sexual harassment allegations, the education ministry confirmed on Friday. The man was arrested two weeks ago and remanded in custody. ...

Two Turkish Cypriots have received fines worth thousands of euros after being found attempting to smuggle tobacco from the north to the United Kingdom this week. The two cases are ...

Two elderly women were scammed out of around €7,000 and gold worth €8,000 on Thursday. According to a police statement on Friday, the perpetrators were part of the recurrent ‘doctor’ scam whereby ...

Police arrested a 25-year-old man in Paphos on Thursdayfor two cases of burglary and theft under investigation. According to CID chief Michalis Nikolaou, on September 18 a 35-year-old man filed a ...

Police in Paphos arrested two men for possession of narcotics in the early hours of Friday and on Thursday night . According to a police statement, at 7.30pm members of the ...

The Ayia Napa gang rape trial began with an adjournment at Famagusta criminal court on Thursday, after the defence lawyers said key documentation had not been submitted to them, including ...

A police officer has been suspended after allegations emerged that he was doing drugs at home with a Briton who was residing illegally in the Republic, it was confirmed on ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old man for case of drug trafficking involving multiple parties under investigation. According to police statement, the 26-year-old was arrested for possession of 2.5kg cannabis ...

A 30-year-old man was remanded for eight days by the Paphos district court on Wednesday, after being discovered carrying over a dozen kilos of cannabis. Police said the man had ...

British bases police arrested a 50-year-old man from Dasaki Achnas on Tuesday after 1kg of cannabis and “objects resembling ancient artefacts” were found in his home. According to the Cyprus ...

A 47-year-old Syrian national arrested in Chlorakas on August 31 for burglary, spreading fake news, instigating violence, inciting others to commit a crime and knife-wielding is set to face trial on ...

An 89-year-old woman on Monday fell victim to a new ‘doctor’ phone scam and was robbed of €3,000. According to the police, the Nicosia resident reported the incident on Monday, saying ...

Paphos police on Monday night issued fines to three people for driving under the influence of drugs. According to the Paphos CID chief Michalis Nikolaou, the three drivers, aged 21, 23 and 28, ...

The 34-year-old Greek Cypriot who shot a 31-year-old Paphos resident twice with a hunting gun has been referred to a direct trial at the district’s criminal court. Monday’s ...

Two men have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms after attempting to smuggle drugs from the Republic into the north via the Ledras Street crossing point. Oguzhan Yildiz received a ...

A man was released on bail on Monday after having been arrested for attempting to smuggle a total of 700kg of avocadoes to the north. In court on Monday, police ...

Designs for a juvenile prison are in their final stages, with the specs for their operation already having been created according to the juvenile crime law passed in 2021. Specifications for ...