Police detained a cadastral office employee in Košice immediately after he allegedly demanded and received a bribe, authorities said. The man was accused of taking bribes in connection with alleged requests for money tied to five land registry filings and access to data from the collection of registry documents. Police say part of the amount was taken in cash, with the remainder requested to be paid to a bank account. Investigators said the suspect asked for financial compensation during a personal meeting for processing five proposals for entry into the land register. He also allegedly sought payment for providing information from the registry document collection. Police moved in right after the handover and the takeover of the bribe. They detained the accused and then charged him with the offence of accepting bribes. Because prosecutors raised concerns about possible interference with witnesses and the risk of continuing criminal activity, police proposed placing the accused in pre-trial detention. The latest status is that the accused man has been charged and is in police custody, with pre-trial detention proposed as the case continues.