Tunnel discovered under archeological site, two arrests

Police officers successful Fokida, cardinal Greece, discovered a hidden ‘vertical tunnel’ adjacent an archaeological ιστοσελίδα that was being used for looting.

Two individuals were arrested for illegally occupying onshore and conducting organised excavations. The two locals were arrested for violating authorities that protects antiquities and taste heritage.

The tunnel, which was astir 12 metres heavy and supported by metallic pillars, had been excavated to signifier horizontal levels. Ventilation and irrigation systems, an electrical assistance and lamps were besides recovered inside.

Police recovered and seized digging tools, drills, cultivation tools, 9 drill bits and a transport cart, arsenic well arsenic different items suspected to beryllium accessories for the crime, successful a truck owned by 1 of the arrested individuals and astatine the excavation site.

Additionally, searches of the suspects’ homes yielded a portable physics device, 18,380 euros, 5,774 US dollars and 6,500 Romanian lei, a metallic detector and a metallic rod, each of which were seized.

The individuals were taken to a section authoritative and referred to testify earlier the investigating authorities.