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Missing teen found
A 15-year-old from Limassol, Alexandros Christodoulou was found on Saturday after he had been missing for almost a week. According to police, he was found after lunchtime and was taken to the CID...
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Questions asked over protection of children ‘forced to beg’
By Andria Kades AUTHORITIES were slammed on Saturday for not acting quickly to protect two minor siblings allegedly forced to beg outside a supermarket for their parents. DISY deputy Stella Kyriakidou...
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Paphos police probe claim pregnant woman not told she was expecting twins, as...
Police in Paphos have received a complaint from the family of newborn twins – both boys – one of whom was stillborn when delivered at Paphos general hospital, saying doctors never told the mother she...
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Man charged with shooting his dog
A 65-year-old man was charged in writing after he shot his dog at his Nicosia home with an airgun. The dog was taken to a private dog clinic for treatment. Police were alerted on Friday night after...
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Second twin died during birth, post mortem showed (Updated: Matsakis accuses...
By George Psyllides A baby boy, whom doctors at Paphos general hospital failed to detect during his mother’s twin pregnancy, died during the birth, a post mortem showed on Tuesday. “The death is...
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Part of Dhekelia-Napa road closed due to accident (Updated)
The motorway from Dhekelia to Ayia Napa is closed from the first exit to Xylofagou due to a car accident, police said on Wednesday. They said there had been a death and the British bases were...
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Dog attacks child in Paphos village
A nine- year-old boy was attacked by an unattended dog in Timi village in Paphos on Tuesday. The boy was taken to hospital where he received first aid treatment, according to police. Paphos police...
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Briefcase with valuables worth €100,000 stolen from car
A jewellery shop owner from Lofou in Limassol has reported to police that a briefcase with valuables worth €100,000 plus €15,000 in cash was stolen from her car on Tuesday afternoon. The 70-year-old...
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Couple detained after ruckus at police station
A 36-year-old man and his wife were detained on Tuesday after they allegedly attacked a policeman in Limassol. At about 8.30pm the man went to the station with his wife, also 36, and his young child to...
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Taxi driver hospitalised after airport pick-up attack (Updated with remand)
Three American men aged 34, 28 and 26 were remanded for three days on Friday for their alleged involvement in an attack that seriously injured a 59-year-old taxi driver who had picked them up from...
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Court told of bungled attempt to rob elderly jewellery shop owner
By Angelos Anastasiou After extracting confessions from two of the three suspects arrested in connection with the theft of a 70-year-old jeweller’s briefcase, which contained €15,000 in cash and...
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Remand after ecstasy haul
A 21-year-old from Ayia Napa remains in police custody for the suspected possession of 79 ecstasy pills, police said. On Saturday morning police found 79 ecstasy pills in a shoe hidden in an open area....
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Repentant drunk thief hands back stash
A 29-year-old man stole cash, a mobile phone and an identity card from a couple sleeping in their car outside a petrol station in Paralimni, only to return the items by lunchtime saying he had been...
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Men held in remand after arson attacks
Three men were remanded for eight days on Sunday for further questioning in connection to arson attacks in Larnaca. Aged 25, 33 and 39, they were arrested after the car of the oldest man, who lives in...
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Money transfer shop robbed in Paphos
A man robbed a money transfer branch in Paphos on Monday, taking off with around €1,500, police said. The incident on Ellados Avenue happened at around 12.30pm. The young man, who spoke broken Greek,...
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Remand for passing counterfeit notes
Famagusta District Court on Monday remanded a 31-year-old man who lives in Limassol for four days, in connection with possessing and using counterfeit money. According to police, a bar employee in Ayia...
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Spate of burglaries at Napa hotels over the weekend nets thieves over €40,000...
Electronic devices, jewelleries and cash adding up over €40,000 were stolen from hotel rooms in Ayia Napa on Saturday, which had been rented by Italians, Russians and Israelis, police said. Four...
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Arrest warrant issued for suspected co-op embezzler
An arrest warrant has been issued for a 46-year-old woman from Dromolaxia, an employee of the Famagusta-Larnaca Co-op Bank, who is suspected of embezzling around €100,000. Police said that the co-op...
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Man arrested on suspicion of rape
Paphos police on Wednesday arrested a 20-year-old man accused of raping a girl, 16, which he had been dating in the past. The case was reported early on Wednesday that she had been raped by the suspect...
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‘Shameful video’ of police beating suspect
By Andria Kades A video of police officers from Polis police station, which went viral on Wednesday shows an officer viciously beating a suspect in a cell. The 10-minute clip posted on Facebook appears...
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