Police on Monday arrested a prison guard who was caught trying to smuggle drugs into the Central Prisons in Nicosia.
According to philenews, the suspect was intercepted inside his car on Monday night while going to work.
Inside the vehicle, police found nine A4-sized adhesive sheets containing a substance akin to cannabinoids.
Each sheet of paper was loaded with 600 squares, which had 5,400 micro-doses of drugs.
Philenews notes that the Central Prisons do not have detection mechanisms for such drugs, and routine urine tests are not conducted to ascertain whether inmates have used illicit substances.
The suspect has used his right to remain silent and is not cooperating with authorities, philenews reports.
Moreover, an inmate suspected to be the intended recipient of the narcotics, along with two of his relatives, has been interrogated in connection with the case.
