“As a result of repeated dealings, today the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras informed Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas over the telephone that the two Czechs arrested by Greek police because of supposed photography of military objects on the island of Lemnos have been released. Both can now return back to the Czech Republic. PM Petr Nečas expressed appreciation for the efforts of PM Antonis Samaras and thanked him,” said a spokesperson for Nečas.
Buchta and Pezlar were detained for more than 120 days after their arrest on charges of espionage. While the pair protested that they were merely on vacation, the case was complicated by their work at Bohemia Interactive on military simulator Arma 3, which depicts a fictional version of the island.
