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Drug arrests in Larnaca
Two men were arrested in Larnaca Tuesday evening in connection with the possession of cocaine with intent to supply. Drug squad officers detained the two, aged 37 and 58, after stopping their car on at...
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Mosaic sheds important light on Roman Larnaca
The antiquities department said on Wednesday that the mosaic depicting the Labours of Hercules uncovered in Larnaca provides important evidence for the development of the city during the Roman Period....
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Minister describes Hercules mosaic as ‘incredible’
Transport, Communications and Works Minister Marios Demetriades on Thursday described as unique the mosaic floor that came to light in Larnaca recently. The mosaic floor was uncovered on Ayios Neofytos...
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Rapist sentenced to eight years
A court in Larnaca on Thursday sentenced Costas Karamani, 27 from Tsakkilero village to eight years imprisonment for the abduction and rape of a 42-year-old Bulgarian woman in the coastal city last...
View ArticleCannabis plants found in Larnaca home
Ten cannabis plants from 2.2 to 3 metres tall were found on Friday by drug-squad members in a 34-year-old’s home in Larnaca. According to a police report, Larnaca drug squad members searched the...
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A 19-year-old Larnaca man was arrested for possession on cannabis with intent to supply after being stopped Friday evening on his moped by police. When traffic cops on Alexandros Panagouli Street...
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Three arrested after drugs found in Larnaca home
Three suspects, aged 20, 23, and 24, were arrested on Saturday after police found 24 cannabis plants in a house in Larnaca. Police said that members of the drug squad, during a search of the house,...
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Cow causes highway accident, closure
The Nicosia-Larnaca highway was closed for more than two hours on Sunday evening from the Rizoelia roundabout until Koshi after a cow wandered onto the road and was hit by a number of cars. The...
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Larnaca hosts world under 19s beach volley championships
Larnaca will host the world under 19-year-old beach volley championship this week with 97 teams playing at the Phinikoudes beach. The Cyprus Volleyball Federation and the Larnaca municipality will...
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Aradhipou shots fired
SHOTS were fired early on Wednesday at a house belonging to a 32-year-old man in Aradhipou, with the victim voicing suspicions regarding the perpetrator. Aradhipou police and Larnaca CID examined the...
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Bar review: Savino Rock Bar, Larnaca
Larnaca’s Laiki Geitonia (Old Quarter) is home to a number of quaint buildings constructed of old stone dating as far back as the 1800s, and in terms of continued popularity and reliability no bar has...
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Court hands down stiff sentences for cocaine trafficking (updated)
The Larnaca Criminal Court on Friday sentenced two foreign nationals to 16 and 13 years in prison in separate cases of trafficking around 15 kilos of cocaine in total. In the first case, a 40-year-old...
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Four Bangladeshi remanded after sham marriages
Four Bangladeshi men aged 21, 22, and 31 were remanded in custody for six days in Larnaca on Saturday in connection with sham marriages. The court heard that on Friday evening, immigration officers...
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Man drowns off Pervolia
A 38-year-old man drowned off the coast of Pervolia on Saturday evening. Kyprianos Gonatas from Nicosia was swimming near the journalists’ village area as his mother waited on the beach. At some point...
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Nicosia-Larnaca highway re-opened after accident (Update)
Part of the Nicosia-Larnaca highway near Koshi was closed to traffic on Sunday for several hours after an accident, police said. The road was re-opened around 11.30am. CNA reported that the accident...
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U19 Beach Volleyball World Championship wraps up in Larnaca
The U19 Beach Volleyball World Championship wraps up on Sunday in Larnaca with the men`s and women`s finals at Phinikoudes beach. In the men`s finals, Renato and Rafael from Brazil are competing...
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Brazil wins big in U19 FIVB World Championships
The U19 FIVB World Championships, a global Beach Volleyball event, ended in Larnaca on Sunday night with Brazil taking the trophies. Eduarda ‘Duda’ Lisboa and Victoria Lopes Pereira were crowned queens...
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Drugs arrests
Three people were arrested in Paphos on Monday evening in connection with drugs possession, illegal use, and cultivation of cannabis plants. Acting on a tip off, members of the drug squad searched an...
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Further remands in sham marriages investigation (updated)
A 26-year-old Bangladeshi man and four Bulgarian women were remanded on Tuesday for three days in connection with an ongoing investigation into sham marriages involving third country and EU nationals....
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Late Bronze Age burial site ‘one of the grandest’ ever found in Cyprus
A large vase depicting a woman clothed in a sophisticated long dress of Minoan fashion and an intact bronze dagger were among some rare finds excavated during the latest dig at the Late Bronze Age...
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