Kalymnos fisherman faces murder charges over body found in the sea

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A fisherman has been arrested accused of murdering a antheral recovered unconscious overnight successful the oversea disconnected the southeastern Aegean Sea land of Kalymnos, authorities said Monday.

A Coast Guard statement said the 47-year-old victim was taken to the Kalymnos infirmary where doctors pronounced him dead. 

Both the victim and the suspect, the proprietor of the sportfishing vessel from which helium was reported to person fallen overboard southwest of Kalymnos precocious Sunday, had been arrested for alleged drugs offenses past week and released pending the investigation.

Small quantities of cannabis and narcotic pills had allegedly been recovered connected the sportfishing boat.