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Three arrested in connection with Pyla murder
POLICE on Thursday arrested three men, and were searching for two more, thought to be linked to the murder of a 40-year-old man in the Pyla area on March 1. Giorgos Georgiou, aka Chiquito, was gunned...
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Bakery robbed in Kato Paphos
An unknown amount of cash was reported stolen early Friday from a 24-hour bakery in Kato Paphos. According to police, the robbery occurred at around 4.30am, when a man with his face covered, entered...
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Car destroyed in explosion
A car owned by a 33-year old woman from Lebanon was destroyed early Friday in Limassol in a fire caused by an explosion. The explosion occurred at around 3.10am. The car was parked outside the woman’s...
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Fine-dodging public servants will see dues deducted from salary
Over 650 public servants are to have outstanding fines deducted directly from their salaries after playing cat and mouse when it came to coughing up the cash. On Friday, police forwarded on a list of...
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Police increase measures for long weekend
Police on Friday announced islandwide arrangements ahead of the long weekend for the carnival parades in Limassol and Paphos, and for Green Monday. In an announcement, spokesman Andreas Angelides said...
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‘I deserve to be hanged’ says wife killer
By Andria Kades “I deserve to be hanged for the mistake I did,” the 80-year-old man who shot his wife in Pervolia earlier this month told Larnaca district court on Friday. Yiangos Katsaris had been...
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Three remanded for obstructing Chiquito murder probe
THREE people were remanded for eight days at Larnaca district court on Friday suspected of trying to avert the course of justice and influence a witness in connection to the murder in Pyla two weeks...
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Items worth €210,000 stolen from Peyia home
Cash, jewellery and herbs worth €210,000 were reported stolen from a house in Peyia on Friday. The theft was reported by the home’s 49-year old owner. According to police reports, she reported that she...
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Police to launch seatbelt campaign
Police will start an island wide campaign on Monday to ensure those travelling in cars wear seatbelts. In co-operation with the European Traffic Police web TISPOL, the police policy aims to see a...
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Section of Nicosia-Limassol highway closed due to accident
Police advised motorists on Sunday that due to a car accident, the section of the Nicosia to Limassol highway between Mosfiloti and Kornos was closed to traffic. No details of the accident were...
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Body of man retrieved from seabed off Cape Greco (Updated)
The island’s search and rescue services retrieved the body of a swimmer who apparently drowned on Sunday morning off Cape Greco, on the south east of the island. Reports were received around 8.45am...
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British tourist found drowned off Paphos
A 30-year-old British tourist was found dead in the sea off the SODAP area of Paphos around lunchtime on Sunday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the man was in Cyprus only a few days with his...
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Fishy burglary in Timi
Burglars in the Timi area of Paphos not only stole 180 euros in cash from a restaurant overnight but also got away with cuttlefish, prawns and sorghum worth hundreds more. The owner of the tavern told...
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Remands after Peyia break in
Two men aged 22 and a 16-year-old girl have been arrested in connection with the reported robbery in a house in Peyia on Friday of items worth around €210,000. According to police reports, one of the...
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Woman who defrauded stepfather, 95, jailed for two years
A 40-year-old woman from Bulgaria was jailed for two years by the Larnaca court on Wednesday for defrauding her 95-year-old Cypriot stepfather of €40,000 during the sale of a flat in 2014. Annie...
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Pair surrender in ‘Chiquito’ murder probe
TWO brothers wanted by police suspected of trying to avert the course of justice and influence a witness – the bodyguard of Giorgos Georgiou, aka Chiquito – who was killed earlier this month, handed...
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Four cars damaged in Limassol blast
Four cars were damaged by an explosion early Thursday in Limassol caused by a device placed under one of the vehicles, which was owned by a 39-year old man, police said. According to police, the...
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Police find hidden box of small weapons under bridge
Firecrackers, assault weapons, and pepper sprays were located on Wednesday hidden under a bridge in Astromeritis. According to police reports, officers, found the items after a tip off. They were...
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Policeman’s car bombed in Limassol
A Limassol police sergeant’s car was the target of a bomb that went off early on Friday morning, a police report said. According to the report, at around 3am on Friday, the 47-year-old policeman’s car,...
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Woman found dead near car believed to be missing Annie
A woman found dead beside her car at the bottom of a 50-metre drop on the Troodos Karvounas road, is believed to missing Annie Constantinou. Constantinou, 46, was reported missing on February 23 from...
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