Authorities on Thursday took into custody a 40-year-old man in connection with a child porn investigation.

According to a police statement, under questioning the man has confessed to the offences he is suspected of committing.

Acting on a warrant, police arrested the suspect at his Larnaca home, from where they seized a mobile phone, a computer and a USB storage drive.

Cypriot police had been tipped off by Europol about a user on a social media platform who uploaded a video file with child abuse content.