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Misunderstanding behind ‘attempted abduction’
An official from the Bulgarian embassy was arrested and questioned in connection with the attempted abduction of her superior’s child from the kindergarten of a private school in Nicosia on Tuesday,...
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Smash and grab from car during Larnaca funeral
Personal items worth more than €400, cash and credit cards were stolen on Tuesday from a car that was parked outside the cemetery in Troulli, Larnaca. According to police, the car owner, a woman from...
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Man arrested for disturbing the peace
A 34-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in Oroklini for allegedly disturbing the peace and verbally assaulting police officers. Police said they received a report at around 6.30pm that an intoxicated...
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Driver five times over the limit arrested after accident
A 40-year-old man from Bulgaria was arrested on Tuesday in Paralimni after crashing his vehicle into another car after having consumed almost five times the permitted alcohol level. According to the...
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Drugs, gun, ammunition found on deceased Lebanese man’s boat
Police on Thursday, were called in after customs officers discovered drugs, a gun and ammunition aboard a vessel docked at Larnaca marina, property of a deceased man. Police say the finds were made by...
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Motorist involved in non-fatal accident was nine times over the limit
A Nicosia motorist was found Thursday night to have nine times the acceptable alcohol level when breathalysed in Latsia. The 31-year-old underwent the alcohol breath test, which resulted in a reading...
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New Napa marina company employees in fracas with club bouncers
Eleven foreign employees of the company building the new Ayia Napa marina reported early Friday having been attacked by bouncers in one of the popular resort’s clubs. Police say the group went to...
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Remand for eight in alleged staged accident scam
Police managed to secure seven-day remand orders against eight suspects including two doctors and a physiotherapist in Limassol court Friday in connection with an allegedly staged car accident which...
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Police investigate car arson
Police are investigating the torching of a car early Saturday of a 38-year-old man from Nicosia. According to the police report, the fire broke out on the car at around 1.40am. Neighbours put out the...
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Boat goes up in flames
A boat worth around €22,000 that was reported stolen was destroyed by arson on Friday night in Limassol. Police said that they received information that a boat parked in an open air space near Moni in...
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Police seeking hit-and-run driver who injured boy 13
Police said on Sunday they were seeking the driver of a truck who didn’t stop after hitting a 13-year-old boy who went to cross a road in Aglandjia on Saturday. The boy, who had just begun to cross the...
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Over 7,000 speeders caught in September
During the month of September, police filed 7,262 speeding offences, 600 drink-driving offences and 8,745 various other traffic offences, they said on Sunday. They also checked 3,190 nightclubs, 892 of...
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Eagle-eyed driver spots stolen motorbike as it overtook him, chases down perp...
Police on Sunday arrested a 35-year-old Limassol resident for motorcycle theft after he was spotted on the bike by a driver who happened to work for the company from where the vehicle was stolen....
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Police fire teargas, warning shots at Ethiopia protest
By Aaron Maasho Police in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region fired teargas and warning shots on Sunday to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival, triggering a stampede that caused several...
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Limassol man missing since Friday
Police are searching for a Limassol man who has been missing from his home since Friday, they said on Sunday. Yiannis Kouzaris, 46, is described as 1.7 metres tall, thin with a beard and...
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Man arrested for driving almost double the speed limit
A young Bulgarian man driving at 192 km per hour was arrested on Sunday night. According to a police spokesman, the 25-year-old was stopped by police at 10.15 on the Paphos to Limassol highway near the...
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Telly thieves strike Kiti, Pervolia
Police say they received reports of a number of televisions stolen from the communities of Kiti and Pervolia in Larnaca district over the weekend. Thieves broke into the clubhouse of AEK in Kiti on...
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Paralimni driver arrested for causing accident while intoxicated
A 24-year-old driver more than three times over the alcohol limit was arrested after crashing his car in the early hours of Tuesday, in Paralimni. The accident occurred at around 3.15am when under...
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Russian arrested for taking photos in north
Ayia Napa police say a 32-year-old Russian on holiday in the resort town, was arrested in Famagusta Monday night by Turkish Cypriot police after taking photographs. According to police, a 28-year-old...
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Telly thieves strike again
Thieves who broke into the clubhouse of Salamina in Dromolaxia early Monday stole a €400 television. Kiti police say they received a call from a local man reporting the break-in, who said he saw a dark...
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