A 50-year-old convict serving a six-year prison sentence for drug-related offences died on Thursday at 1:20am at Nicosia General Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for around two months due to serious health problems.
The man, a Greek national, had been serving his sentence at the Central Prisons before his hospitalisation.
Police have been informed of the death, and all prescribed procedures are now being followed.
(Information from Cyprus News Association)
