#arrests

Two people were arrested in Limassol on Sunday after a third person reported he had been attacked and racially abused while at work in a bakery. The two, aged 42 and 38, ...

Police arrested a 24-year-old woman arriving at Larnaca airport around 9kg of cannabis in her suitcases, an announcement said on Saturday. The woman arrived on Friday night, and during checks ...

A 22-year-old man was arrested in Nicosia on Wednesday after being found to be in unlawful possession of methamphetamines and a gun. Police discovered the drugs during a traffic stop, ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested in the Paphos village of Chlorakas on Wednesday evening after being found driving with crystal methamphetamines in his car, and then testing positive for it ...

A 25-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and “causing concern”. Paphos police’s deputy chief of operations Michalis Nikolaou explained ...

A 41-year-old was arrested on Sunday after he was caught trying to steal over €100 worth of items from a store in Paphos. Deputy police chief of operations Michalis Nicolaou said ...

Israel helped Cyprus foil an Iranian-ordered attack against Israelis and Jews on the island, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday, as Cypriot authorities remained tight-lipped citing ...

A 29-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday night, suspected of throwing stones at the windows of the town’s courthouse, among other buildings. The man was apprehended at ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 35-year-old woman on Monday, who is suspected of having broken into and stolen clothes from a shop last month. According to Paphos police, after receiving ...

A total of 17 people who were staying in Cyprus illegally were arrested on Sunday, police said. The arrests were made in the Larnaca district. Police say procedures to repatriate all 17 ...

A 16-year-old was arrested in Nicosia on Sunday, suspected of stealing a car and committing numerous traffic offences. Police received a call at around 6am from a member of the ...

Police in Paphos arrested two minors who were riding motorcycles on Saturday. Paphos police chief Michalis Nikolaou said the arrests were made with the aim of “combatting juvenile delinquency”. The ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 29-year-old man for an investigated case of malicious damage to government offices committed over the past few days in the town. He was later remanded ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Wednesday after attempting to smuggle two people to the Republic. He had been arrested on Tuesday while driving between Nicosia and ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested in Famagusta on Sunday on suspicion of having stolen a gun and cartridges. Police received a complaint at around 3pm on Sunday from a man ...

A 33-year-old woman was arrested in connection with an armed robbery at Protaras kiosk at the end of October, police said on Tuesday. The woman, who was arrested on Monday, ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Tom Cleaver Police believe the 22-year-old arrested in the early hours of Friday morning in relation with the murder of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos helped organise the assassination ...

Police on Saturday arrested two men as part of an ongoing investigation over the murder of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos, who was shot in Limassol earlier this week. The suspects are aged 41 ...

Nicosia police on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of scamming a woman out of almost 20,000 worth of jewellery and cash last week. The 55-year-old man is the second suspect arrested ...

A 61-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Saturday after having stabbed a man above the right buttock. He was apprehended at around 10am in the Coral Bay area. The ...

A 34-year-old was remanded for three days by the Limassol district court on Saturday on suspicion of attempting to steal dozens of aluminium blinds. According to police, the man was ...

Five people have been arrested in the north as part of a “prostitution operation” conducted by Turkish Cypriot police. Police found three women, all citizens of Nigeria, in an apartment ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday denied commenting on the matter of the Russian journalist sent back to Moscow, following his detainment in Nicosia a few days ago. The journalist’s ...

A 68-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after driving his car the wrong way up the highway between Ayia Napa and Pyla. Police were notified at around 9:40pm of the ...