Rome, 19 October (AKI) - Former Romanian boxing champion Daniel Dumitrescu was arrested in the Italian capital, Rome, for aggravated theft. The arrest came after he dressed as a policeman and together with an accomplice, helped steal from tourists in the Vatican area.

The 41 year-old Dumitrescu was caught by Italian military police as he stole the wallet of a 46 year-old German tourist.

Dumitrescu's 23 year-old accomplice would first approach the tourists to ask them for information. Then, the former Olympic medallist would approach them and order the tourists to hand over their wallets, as he showed a card which had the writing 'Police' on it.

Dumitrescu won the Olympic silver medal at the 1988 games held in Seoul after losing to Italy's Giovanni Parisi. A year later he took a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Athens, Greece.

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