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Remand in connection with theft of collectible banknotes worth over €1.6m.
A 47-year-old Russian national was remanded in custody for three days in Limassol on Tuesday in connection with the theft of collectible banknotes worth over €1.6m. The man, who presents himself as a...
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Suspected burglar remanded in Paphos
A Paphos resident was remanded in custody for six days on Tuesday in connection with numerous burglaries over the past year. The 51-year-old was arrested on Monday as part of an investigation into a...
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Thirty kilos cannabis unclaimed in Limassol
A shipment of cannabis imported from Greece through a private moving company was still waiting on Tuesday to be collected almost a month after police set up a controlled delivery. After receiving a...
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Remand after theft from private school
A 39-year old woman was remanded by the Limassol District Court for six days in connection with the theft of €8,672 from a private language school. The woman, a secretary at the school, is accused by...
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Court moves to hospital to remand three men
Larnaca district court on Tuesday convened at the city’s general hospital to issue remand orders against three men, as one of the suspects broke both legs after jumping from a first-floor balcony in...
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Man remanded in Paphos for array of offences
Paphos court Wednesday remanded a 23-year-old man for one day to facilitate investigations involving various offences. Police secured the remand order in connection with the offences of conspiracy to...
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Violence mars Futsal season opener (updated)
Two people were seriously injured on Wednesday evening during fan clashes in Nicosia that forced the interruption of the futsal season’s curtain-raising supercup fixture between Apoel Nicosia and...
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Israeli forces say killed three assailants in East Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli forces shot dead three Arab assailants in separate incidents in East Jerusalem and the West Bank on Friday, police and the military said, in a flare-up of a nearly year-old wave of Palestinian...
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Drunk and disorderly arrest in Paphos
A man from Episkopi, aged 37, was arrested in Paphos in the early hours of Sunday for drunk and disorderly behaviour, and for carrying knives. Police were alerted to a disturbance at around 3.30am in...
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More than 450 juvenile delinquent cases handled over past three years, police...
Police said on Sunday that following two incidents in a 24-hour period involving underage drivers who caused road accidents it was imperative that organisations across society collaborate to tackle the...
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Islamic State says Minnesota mall stabbing carried out by ‘soldier’ (Update)
By Alex Dobuzinskis A man who wounded eight people in a knife attack on Saturday at a mall in central Minnesota before he was shot dead by an off-duty police officer is a “soldier of the Islamic...
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Alleged assault in Latchi being investigated
Paphos police are investigating an alleged case of assault against a 53-year-old man who said he was hit by a 23-year-old at a hotel in Latchi. According to police, the 53-year-old from Paphos was...
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Ayia Napa murder trial starts Monday
The trial of six people involved in the gangland style Ayia Napa shooting of Phanos Kalopsidiots in July started in the Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on Monday. Kalopsidiotis, Elias Hadjiefthymiou,...
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New York bombing suspect Rahami captured in New Jersey – mayor (update 3)
An Afghanistan-born American sought in connection with a bombing that wounded more than two dozen people in New York City and could be linked to other bombs found in New York and New Jersey was taken...
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Israeli forces kill two Palestinian assailants, police say, as violence surges
Israeli forces killed two Palestinian assailants in the West Bank on Monday, police said, and two Israeli police officers were stabbed in East Jerusalem in a resurgence of violence now into its fourth...
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Baby exhumed after parents claim negligence by private doctor
The body of a newborn baby was exhumed on Tuesday in Limassol after the parents reported a doctor to the police claiming medical negligence. Limassol CID chief Ioannis Soteriades said police were...
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Oklahoma police release video of officer shooting unarmed black man
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma released video on Monday showing an officer fatally shooting an unarmed black man who had his hands in the air, and the US Justice Department said it was looking into the...
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Man arrested after crashing car full of duty-free cigarettes
A Bulgarian man was arrested, fined and released after his vehicle was found to contain smuggled cigarettes following an accident, the customs department said Tuesday. A total of 150 cartons of...
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Distracted driving: you’ll never know what hit you
By Sergeant Areti Amaxari Driver distraction is “the diversion of drivers’ attention away from activities that are considered critical for safe driving, towards another activity”. Road safety...
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‘Speed cameras needed to make our roads safer’
Three people a day are injured or killed in road accidents in Cyprus, safety experts said on Tuesday as Transport Minister Marios Demetriades stressed how important it was to have speed cameras up and...
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