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Stolen bust recovered on Crete

An 18-year-old man faced theft charges on Tuesday after police officers on Crete arrested him for allegedly stealing a bronze bust of air force pilot Costas Iliakis, who was killed in 2006 while trying to intercept a Turkish overflight.

According to police reports, the young man stole the bust over the weekend with the intention of selling it to a scrap dealer.

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