A Cypriot national has been arrested while he was trying to steal stones and pieces of marbles from the Acropolis of Athens.
The 26-year-old man was arrested on Sunday, March 5.
It was a guard who saw the man in action and informed the police that a man was trying to remove stones and marbles from the Acropolis.
Police officers arrived at the scene and identified the man. During the inspection they found 33 stones and 3 pieces of marble.
The man was arrested and prosecuted for violating antiquities legislation, as well as for weapons possession, as a knife was also found on him.
The man was taken to the competent Prosecutor, with the case filed against him by the Security Directorate of Athens.
