World war 2 weapons arsenal found in Kolonaki apartment, in downtown Athens

Police in Athens have launched an investigation after an arsenal of weapons was discovered in a ground-floor warehouse in the upmarket Kolonaki district of the city.

The hoard, which was found on Neofytou Douka Street included a number of M1-style rifles, magazines, hundreds of bullets and three old grenades.

The warehouse was recently rented to a shipping company. When a company employee arrived this morning, he found the weapons in a trunk and immediately notified the authorities.

The weapons have been removed from the scene for examination.

According to information, police is looking for old owners and tenants of the apartment, suspecting that the weapons maybe belonged to them and they were  there.

The weapons found were transferred to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations of ELA.S. for examination.

State broadcaster ERT reported that the weapons may be from the World War II.