Spyros Dravilas

Counterterrorism police officers raided an apartment in the Athens neighborhood of Neos Cosmos that is believed to have been rented by Grigoris Tsironis, one of the suspects linked to an armed bank robbery last August in Distomo, central Greece, but a search yielded no weapons.

Police are hoping that the discovery of a second safe house near Volos, central Greece, used by two bank robbers caught on Friday, may provide clues regarding the whereabouts of other wanted criminals with links to urban guerrilla groups, such as Giorgos Petrakakos, Marios Seisidis and even infamous fugitive Vassilis Palaiocostas.

The weapons recovered during a police raid to arrest three bank robbers near Volos, central Greece, have not been used in criminal or terrorist activities, authorities said on Monday.

Spyros Christodoulou and Giorgios Tsironis were arrested during the raid but Spyros Dravilas was found dead. Police suspect he killed himself to avoid being caught.

A previously unknown group has claimed responsibility for murdering the warden of Domokos Prison in central Greece three months ago.

Makis Galimanis was gunned down outside his home in Lamia in February in a drive-by shooting.

Police have have redoubled their efforts to trace Spyros Dravilas, a 34-year-old being sought in connection with armed robberies involving jailed Revolutionary Struggle leader Nikos Maziotis, after an investigation pointed to Dravilas?s involvement in a heist last Thursday on a bank branch in the small town of Farkadona, near Trikala, central Greece.

As a judicial probe into a massive extortion ring directed from inside Korydallos Prison deepened, an investigating magistrate on Tuesday granted two suspected members conditional release while remanding another two.