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British tourist says she was raped twice in same night in Paphos, one man...
A 25-year-old man was remanded in Paphos on Sunday after being arrested on suspicion of raping a 21-year-old British tourist on Saturday night. Police are also looking for a second person who allegedly...
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Fake shoe seller arrested
A Larnaca man was arrested on Tuesday after police found thousands of counterfeit shoes in his flat. Members of the Office for Combating Intellectual Property Theft and Illegal Betting, specialising in...
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Wanted man hands himself in
Ioannis Cosmas, 41, who was wanted by the police in connection with investigations into a case concerning conspiracy to commit felony, robbery and causing grievous bodily harm handed himself in to...
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Security details for politicians ‘not a right’, Nicolaou says
THE Solidarity Movement and far-right party ELAM have requested police protection for their leaders in line with the practice currently in place, it emerged on Thursday. Justice Minister Ionas...
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Arrest made for 2015 murder of Moldovan woman
A 31-year-old man was arrested on Thursday as a person of interest in connection with the still-unsolved murder of a Moldavian woman in Larnaca in November last year. The man arrested was described...
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Man wanted for questioning in meth case turns himself in
A 23-YEAR-OLD MAN, wanted by police for questioning in connection with a drug-related death, turned himself in to authorities on Thursday evening. Loukas Xenofontos, 23, turned himself in at Limassol...
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Police stepping up measures during long weekend
Police will be stepping up traffic measures over the long holiday weekend but it also warned the public to take precautions when leaving the house. The force said it will intensify patrols on highways...
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Cocaine arrest after car chase
A man was arrested and detained on Thursday night in connection with possession of cocaine and carrying a knife, while warrants for his arrest for burglaries and thefts in the Nicosia area were also...
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Belgian police detain 12 suspected of planning new attacks (update 6)
Belgian police arrested 12 suspects in a major anti-terror operation overnight amid security alerts in Belgium and France around the Euro 2016 football tournament and just three months after Islamist...
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Man tries to run over trio who damaged his car
Arrest warrants were issued in the early hours of Sunday after an incident in Nicosia when a 30-year-old man tried to run over three other men, two aged 19 and one aged 22, after they harassed him and...
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Turkish Cypriot woman absconds with grandchildren
Police were on Sunday trying to locate a Turkish Cypriot woman, 56, who appeared to have absconded with her grandchildren aged five and six, according to the Cyprus News Agency. According to the...
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Istanbul riot police disperse “Trans Pride” march
Istanbul riot police fired tear gas and rubber pellets on Sunday to disperse a march for transgender people banned after ultra-nationalists said that “degenerates” could not demonstrate. Hundreds of...
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Arrest after beach fracas, man injured in Kiti
A 19-year-old man from Kiti in Larnaca was arrested late on Saturday in connection with an alleged assault on a 34-year-old from the same village. According to police on Saturday at around 6.30pm they...
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Police highway patrols upped to monitor expected heavy traffic
Police said on Monday they expected heavy traffic on the highways in the afternoon as people returned from coastal trips for the Kataklysmos weekend. It warned there would be increased patrols on main...
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Armed robbery in Limassol
Two hooded men armed with a pistol and a hammer, raided a cash collection van in Limassol and stole thousands of euros, police said. The robbery took place just after 2pm when the employee of the...
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Alleged witness claims grandfather, not boy, 12, started Evrychou fire
A man has claimed that it was not a 12-year-old boy who started the deadly fire that started in Evrychou on Sunday and spread to the Solea region, but his grandfather, who had been burning dry stubble...
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Police seize 33kg of cannabis, 1.5kg of cocaine in Limassol
Police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old Limassol man after seizing 33 kilos of cannabis and 1.5 kilos of cocaine. The man was arrested after drug squad officers intercepted his car in the area of...
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Seven out of ten police officers said to be obese
SEVEN out of 10 police officers have been found to be obese, MPs heard on Wednesday, as the justice minister briefed parliament over the new recruitment criteria the government planned to introduce....
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Nicolaou deflects criticism over small number of RoC firefighting aircraft
Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou on Thursday deflected a direct question relating to some criticism as to the number of firefighting aircraft the Republic has at its disposal on its own. In all 20...
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Eight arrested in third Ayia Fyla co-op case (Updated)
Eight persons were arrested on Thursday in connection with a third case involving a loan scam at the now-defunct Ayia Fyla cooperative bank. The eight individuals have been linked to a scam where...
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