Six arrests for illicit antiquities, explosives and contraband tobacco on Elafonissos
Ancient artifacts, explosives, contraband tobacco and a number of cartridges were found during police raids on the island of Elafonissos, southern Greece.
Six individuals were arrested on charges of illicitly trading in antiquities and illegal possession of guns and explosives, it was announced on Wednesday.
Police raided private homes and other locations on Elafonissos and arrested four men aged 45, 50, 52 and 78 and two women, 45 and 52.
Explosives and cartridges were found in the homes of three of the men and the 45-year-old woman. In the homes of two of the suspects, a man and a woman, both 52, police found fragments of ancient vessels and the heads of two clay statuettes. They also found roughly three kilos of contraband tobacco.
