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New remand for 13 in Ayia Fyla co-op scam
Thirteen suspects held in connection with a loan scam at Ayia Fyla co-operative bank worth almost €12mln, will remain in custody for an additional six days. The suspects, including two business people,...
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Police force needs to be boosted by 300, MPs hear
By Andria Kades Although 120 army officers have been transferred to the police force, procedures to hire another 300 police officers need to start immediately, the House defence committee heard on...
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Couple suspected of stealing close to €500,000 from safety deposit boxes
A Larnaca couple were on Thursday arrested on suspicion of stealing close to half a million euro from a number of bank safety deposit boxes. The husband and wife were on Friday expected to appear...
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Man dies in road crash
A 92-year-old man died on Saturday morning after he lost control of his vehicle while driving in Nicosia. On Griva Digeni Avenue at around 7am, driving towards Ayios Antonios, under circumstances which...
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Two arrested near Pyla during traffic stop
Two men aged 32 and 27 were arrested on Saturday night after police said they found burglary tools in the car they were driving in the Pyla area. According to police at around 10pm officers stopped the...
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Cash stolen from Pyla home
An Austrian resident of Pyla reported to police that burglars had broken into his house and stolen 2,500 euros on Saturday night. The homeowner said the theft happened when he was out between the hours...
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Stolen mini bus involved in midnight hit and run, four injured
Four people were injured around midnight on Saturday in Nicosia when a man in a stolen mini-bus collided with their car on Naxos Street. After hitting the car, the min-bus then hit three parked cars...
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Two remanded as suspects in car theft and burglary
Two men aged 35 and 32 were remanded for eight days and two days respectively on Sunday by the Paphos court in connection with a spate of burglaries and car thefts in the district. The court heard that...
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Around 20 drunk drivers a day caught in January, police say
Police said on Sunday they had kicked off 2016 with a month that involved booking almost 11,000 people for traffic offences and going on 600 people for drunk driving islandwide. Speaking at an event in...
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Romanian man and woman wanted by police
Police are searching for the whereabouts of two people from Romania, a 54-year old woman and a 32-year-old man, in connection with a case of conspiracy to commit felony, human trafficking for sexual...
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A 16-year old teenager was caught driving a car with no road tax licence, no insurance and without a driver’s licence in Paphos on Monday night. The teenager, who was caught during a routine traffic...
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Arrest after child porn found on laptop
A 29-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after his Limassol home was searched and 43 files of child pornography were found on his laptop. Police searched his home after securing a court order and was...
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Two arrested for alleged drugs possession
Two men were arrested in connection with the alleged possession of drugs and for traffic offences in Nicosia, police said. Around 8.20pm on Tuesday a patrol car spotted a vehicle which was moving...
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Two arrested on drugs charges
Two residents of Xylophagou men aged 22 and 23 were arrested after drugs were found in their possession on Wednesday evening, police said. According to police, they intercepted a car driven by the...
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Total fraudulent loans paid out in co-op sector as much as €50 million
In addition to eight cases of fraudulently acquired loans already forwarded to the authorities, four more are being examined by the Co-operative Central Bank and will soon be filed with the police,...
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New airport security plans to be rolled out by year’s end
The government will outsource part of airport security to the private sector, MPs heard on Thursday, in a move expected to save the state some €650,000 per year. However, it was not clear who would be...
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Nigerian tourist found dead in pool
A 26-year-old Nigerian man was found dead in a hotel swimming in the Mackenzie area, Larnaca, police said on Thursday. Police have ruled out foul play. The man was found by a hotel guest at around 1pm....
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Third suspect arrested in safety deposit box thefts
Police have arrested a third suspect, a 28-year-old man, in connection with the theft of some €500,000 in cash and jewellery from safety deposit boxes in two banks in Larnaca. The suspect, who was...
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Taxi drivers promise more demos, profession under threat, they say [VIDEO]
Around 40 Nicosia taxis lined up in front of Parliament on Thursday to protest against an ongoing disregard for their problems by the authorities. “This is the first of this type of protest,”...
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Vergas returns to court, ready to name more
By Angelos Anastasiou FOLLOWING an eventful hearing on Wednesday, in which former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas collapsed during his cross-examination, he returned to the witness stand on Thursday, from...
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