Hellenic Police

More than 10,000 police officers will be deployed throughout the country for New Year's Eve in order to ensure compliance with the measures for preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The restrictions will be similar to those imposed for the Christmas holiday but police checks will be more intensive.

The senate of Panteion University is opposing the government's proposal for the creation of a special campus security force comprised of police officers that will operate under the orders of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and the Citizens' Protection Ministry.

A truck driver was arrested on Monday in Lykovrisi, northern Athens on charges of transporting and smuggling drugs into Greece after amounts of cocaine and hashish were found in his vehicle.

According to the Hellenic Police (ELAS), the suspect, a foreign national, said he was a truck driver transporting products between European countries.

A special plan with the assistance of anti-terrorist units and the participation of more than 4,000 police officers has been drafted by the Hellenic Police (ELAS), under the instructions of the Civil Protection Ministry, for the storage of the coronavirus vaccines.

The body of a man who had been shot in the head was found in the parking lot of a health center in Kalyvia, eastern Attica on Wednesday.

According to reports, the man, aged between 50-60 and an employee of the health center, was inside the vehicle when he was shot.

Hellenic Police (ELAS) investigators are working on the assumption that he was ambushed.

A forthcoming bill unveiled by Education Minister Niki Kerameus during a cabinet meeting Tuesday foresees the creation of a special team tasked with securing the country's university campuses, which have been notoriously plagued by lawlessness and violence.

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has revealed that weapons made in Turkey have been confiscated in the Evros region in recent weeks.

Education Minister Niki Kerameus has asked the Council of University Rectors to convene an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss controversial new legislation on campus security.

The key point of discussion regarding the government's plan to crack down on campus violence concerns the introduction of a campus police and, more specifically, whose jurisdiction it would come under.

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has selected Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co to supply its new frontline patrol cars, following an open competition.

In a statement, ELAS said it had selected the Nissan Qashqai, a compact crossover SUV, as the new frontline police car.

Three border guards and a police officer have been suspended from their duties following a video doing the rounds on the internet showed them being physically abusive toward people during a search on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, according to reports on Saturday.