Honduran found hanged at the Montagne Posée prison |23 August 2017

A 56-year-old Honduran national, Alexandro Caranza, was found hanged at the Montagne Posée prison yesterday at around 7.35am, the police have said.

Mr Caranza was being detained at the prison since June 13, 2017 after he was arrested onboard a Spanish fishing vessel in the Seychelles waters for the offence of possession of controlled drug.

The police have said an investigation is underway to establish the circumstance surrounding his death while waiting for the postmortem result to determine the exact cause of his death.