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Wanted man arrested in Czech
A 36-year-old man was arrested in the Czech Republic after Cyprus had issued a European arrest warrant against him, police said on Wednesday, in connection with a drug haul in Paphos last year. The...
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Investigations into new round of footie violence (Updated)
Investigations are underway into Wednesday’s two incidents involving Omonia and Apollon FC fans in Nicosia and Limassol which led to extensive damage, injuries and arrests, police spokesman Andreas...
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Police issue photos of Omonia fans wanted in connection with footie violence
Police were on Thursday searching for three or four individuals, all males, suspected of rioting on Wednesday ahead of the football Cup final. A police bulletin said the individuals were wanted in...
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Woman reports jewellery stole from her home
Gold jewellery worth €3,000 has been reported stolen from a house in Athienou. The 50-year-old owner of the home said thieves broke in through the aluminium kitchen window, which they had forced with a...
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Hijacker’s court hearing adjourned for defence to prepare (Update)
THE court hearing for the extradition of hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa to Egypt will resume next Thursday, the Nicosia district court said on Friday. Mustafa, 59, was arrested on March 29, after he...
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Police say they had no other option but to shoot man who took son hostage...
Police were tightlipped on Saturday as confusing accounts emerged of the exact circumstances under which officers shot dead a 41-year-old Egyptian man in the Larnaca district after he threatened to...
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Probe into sale of police aircraft – reports
Attorney-general Costas Clerides has ordered a probe into an alleged scandal after it appears a search and rescue aircraft was grossly undersold by the state for €150,000 though the buyer managed to...
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Police say they picked up begging gang of four
Police said on Sunday they had picked up two men and two pregnant women believed to have been begging in different areas of Nicosia on Saturday. At around 1pm officers identified a young man begging on...
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Nicosia man arrested after drugs stash found at his flat
Police on Saturday night arrested a 28-year-old in connection with a drugs find at his apartment in Nicosia. According to police during a search of the flat they found 115 grams of cannabis, five...
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Police take statements after hostage-taker shot dead by officers
Police were continuing to take statements on Sunday in connection with the shooting by officers early Saturday of an Egyptian national, 41, they said was threatening the life of his 16-month old son at...
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Contract doctor at Nicosia general arrested in ongoing health sector probe
Police on Monday arrested a contract neurosurgeon at Nicosia general hospital in connection with 10 alleged bribery related offences that took place in February this year. The case concerns a complaint...
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Police looking into match-fixing allegations
POLICE on Monday said that they were looking into match-fixing allegations by a Portuguese football player regarding a game in Cyprus dating back to December 2011. Pedro Bonifacio – now with Portuguese...
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Remand after man found with counterfeit cash
Famagusta court remanded a 27-year-old man for seven days on Tuesday after police caught him carrying €1,250 in counterfeit notes. Early in the morning, police received a complaint and found the...
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KISA head says not arrested for trespassing at Oroklini crime scene (Updated)
Head of migrant support group KISA, Doros Polykarpou was one of the two men taking photographs inside of the Oroklini home of the 41-year-old Egyptian man who was killed by police gunfire over the...
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Explosion at Nicosia restaurant
An explosion rocked a Nicosia eatery in the early hours of Thursday morning. According to a police announcement at 4.45 the explosion occurred at the To Perasma restaurant in old Nicosia, near the...
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Men hold up bakery at gunpoint
Two men armed with a gun attempted to rob a bakery in Nicosia in the early morning hours on Thursday. According to police, the hooded men entered the bakery at around 2.15am and at gunpoint demanded...
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Man beaten with club
A 52-year old man is in hospital with multiple injuries after he was attacked and beaten with a club on Wednesday afternoon in Limassol. The Limassol resident was walking along a Limassol road when two...
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Tensions high at Larnaca murder hearing
Police clashed with relatives of murder victim Panagiotis Christodoulou, 38 on Thursday when they began attacking suspected killer Giorgos Xiourouppas after he walked into the Larnaca–Famagusta...
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Rain-swamped roads in Limassol and Nicosia reopen, farmers hurt most (Update 3)
POLICE announced that all roads that had closed in Nicosia and Limassol districts had re-opened to traffic after the weather took a turn for the worse on Friday with heavy rains and storms in some...
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Four-day remand for drugs suspect
A 29-year-old man from Dromolaxia was remanded for four days on Saturday by the Larnaca District court, in connection with the illegal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell....
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