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A British charity worker has been arrested on spying charges in Greece.

Local media said the man was arrested on Sunday afternoon in Orestiada, northeast Greece, near the border with Turkey.

A member of the Greek military was also detained after the pair were allegedly taking photographs in ​​Nea Visssa, a forbidden area.

It is unclear whether these are said to have taken on a camera or a mobile device.

It is said they now face espionage charges.

No further information about the Brit has been released at this stage.

In March last year, protesters demonstrated in Orestiada after two other Greek soldiers were detained in the town.

Sergeant Dimitris Kouklatzis, 27, and Lieutenant Angelos Mitretodis, 25, were seized after also allegedly being found in a "forbidden military zone".

The soldiers said they inadvertently strayed across the frontier in bad weather.

But the protesters called for the soldiers to be set free immediately.