#crime

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 ...

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. ...

Police on Sunday announced a second arrest as part of their investigation into the theft of over a kilometre’s worth of electricity cables. The man arrested is 49 years old ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Thursday accused of threatening to incinerate his own 79-year-old mother. Police officer Hasan Celik said in court that the man had ...

Police on Wednesday evening seized two computers from a building in Paralimni which are allegedly being used to provide illegal electronic gambling services. The computers were seized following a search ...

A woman was tied and gagged by four hooded men who broke into her home in the Limassol village of Erimi on Tuesday evening. According to the police, the woman ...

Police in Limassol announced on Friday they had arrested two people on Thursday for suspected money laundering. Both were remanded in custody for seven days on Friday. One, aged 41, is ...

A 49-year-old Greek Cypriot woman was attacked at knifepoint in her own home in Lakatamia by former boyfriend on Monday morning. The 46-year-old Greek Cypriot man beat her and fled ...

Six people from Sri Lanka, including a mother and four young children, were knifed to death in the Canadian capital Ottawa late on Wednesday, police said on Thursday, rocking a ...

A 32-year-old man appeared in court on Sunday accused of causing actual bodily harm and “using a weapon to incite terror” in Xylotymbou. He is being investigated for a total ...

Seven men, some chunks of concrete, and wooden bats were found by police in a car in Paphos in the early hours of the morning. Police stopped the car at ...

The 31-year-old woman who reported she had been robbed of €420,000 in cash on Friday was arrested for money laundering afterwards, it emerged on Saturday. The woman, who is believed to ...

Three men from Paphos, aged 36, 37 and 40, were arrested on Friday night in connection with a spate of burglaries which have hit the town in recent weeks. Paphos police director Nikos ...

Two men, both aged 22, were arrested in Limassol on Thursday evening after being found in possession of around seven kilograms of cannabis. Police had seen one of the two men ...

A public inquiry into a British police officer whose rape and murder of a woman horrified the nation concluded on Thursday that without a sweeping overhaul of failed vetting procedures, ...

A 16-year-old boy was caught by police in the Paphos district riding a motorcycle with a 15-year-old passenger on Wednesday. The teen was flagged down in the village of Emba ...

Crime per capita in Cyprus has risen for the second consecutive year, according to the police’s annual statistics report. The report shows that the “crime index”, the ratio of ...

Police in Larnaca on Thursday announced the arrest of a 22-year-old man who had been “causing psychological harm”. The man, they said, had been issuing threats to people, among other ...

A company in Limassol lost over €17,000 after erroneously paying an invoice after it was requested via email, police said on Thursday. The company’s accountant reportedly told police he had ...

Two men were arrested on Friday after a total of nine kilograms worth of cannabis was found by police in packages sent to Cyprus from abroad. The pair, aged 25 and 22 ...

A woman appeared in court in Famagusta on Friday accused of beating a 100-year-old resident of the care home at which she works. The incident came to light after the 100...

Striking truck drivers blocked key Mexican transport arteries on Thursday, jamming vital highways to protest lawlessness on the roads that has led to a rise in robberies and extortion. Traffic ...

There was an explosion at the entrance of a medical clinic in Aradippou in the early hours of Thursday morning. According to police, the explosion took place at around 1am. ...

A Greek Cypriot man appeared in court in the north on Tuesday, after having allegedly stolen a mobile phone. Police officer Cemal Aslan told the court the man on January 20 ...