TWO men arrested on suspicion of stealing a cannon from a historic wreck in the Thames have been released on bail.
Police officers from Essex and Kent working with officials from English Heritage and the Receiver of the Wreck arrested two men on suspicion of stealing a cannon and other items from the wreck of HMS London, a warship that sank off Southend in 1665.
A 44-year-old man was arrested at a commercial address in Dover. Following a search at a residential address in Ramsgate a number of items were seized.
The second man, 54, was arrested on a boat at a marina in Gravesend.
They have been released on bail pending further enquiries until July 5.
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