Pair arrested for illegal possession of antiquities
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A man and a woman are expected to appear before a prosecutor after being arrested by police in Ioannina for the illegal possession of antiquities.
A search of the 59-year-old woman’s home yielded, among others, two Roman amphorae, five icons, a metal detector, a glazed vessel and a silver coin.
The pair were arrested on Tuesday, police said, after an investigation that found that the woman and her 64-year-old male accomplice planned to sell the two amphorae to a 48-year-old foreign national.
The confiscated antiquities were handed over for safekeeping and evaluation to Ioannina’s archaeological and Byzantine museums.
