Man arrested over alleged drug smuggling attempt at central prisons

A 40-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly trying to bring paper sheets soaked with a banned substance into central prisons, authorities said on Saturday.

The justice ministry stated that the man was stopped during an intensified inspection regime at the prison. 

He was visiting a female inmate when prison officers found sheets of paper believed to be impregnated with a substance, possibly drugs.

The man, who is from Nicosia, was subjected to a physical search by members of the prison department.