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Police arrest antiquities smuggler in Rhodes

Police authorities on the island of Rhodes have arrested a 65-year old man charged with antiquities smuggling.

According to reports, a police raid was conducted on the suspect’s properties where investigators discovered a small amphora of major archaeological value.

Police investigators also found twelve fragments of amphorae dating back to the Roman and Hellenistic eras and two carved stone reliefs depicting a cross dating to the 19th century.

All evidence was confiscated and the suspect was sent before a Rhodes prosecutor.

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