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Greek police arrested an Azeri man in Crete on espionage charges, suspecting surveillance of a NATO base. Over 5,000 photos were found.
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek police have arrested an Azeri man suspected of espionage on the island of Crete, which is home to a NATO military base, based on information from the country's intelligence service, police said on Monday.
Greek authorities were investigating if the 26-year-old Azeri man was monitoring the base in Souda - a strategic facility for Greece, the U.S. and the NATO military alliance in the eastern Mediterranean - and if the case was linked with the recent arrest of a British man in Cyprus on suspicion of terror-related offences, sources said.
The man, who was arrested on Sunday, had been staying since June 18 in a hotel near the naval and air force base in western Crete. More than 5,000 photographs and encryption software were found on a laptop that was confiscated, along with other digital equipment, from the hotel room, the sources said.
He was expected to appear before a prosecutor this week.
(Reporting by Yannis Souliotis; Writing by Renee Maltezou; Editing by Alex Richardson)
The Azeri man is suspected of espionage on the island of Crete.
He was arrested near a NATO military base in Souda, Crete.
More than 5,000 photographs and encryption software were found in his hotel room.
He was expected to appear before a prosecutor this week.
The man had been staying in a hotel near the base since June 18.
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