Bank robberies

Police were seeking the perpetrators of a daring bank robbery in Distomo, Viotia, on Friday afternoon during which they took an employee hostage in their getaway car but released him before continuing their escape by boat from the Corinthian Gulf.

A man who allegedly robbed two banks in Istanbul and was detained by police two hours after the second bank robbery has turned out to be a police officer.

A 30-year-old man was expected to face a prosecutor after being arrested for firing a shotgun at police in Lamia, central Greece, late on Sunday.

Authorities were called to the man’s home after receiving complaints that the suspect had been firing the weapon into the air.

Five men aged between 25 and 35 and a 44-year-old woman were arrested Monday on suspicion of having committed at least 13 armed robberies in one year, making off with an estimated 47,000 euros in loot.

A sum of around BGFN 150 000 has disappeared from a bank vault in the Lozenets district of Sofia.

Police in Ancient Olympia, in the Peloponnese, were hunting a gang of armed robbers who stole goods of unspecified value as well as 1,000 euros in cash from a jewelry store on Saturday.

The four men, who wore masks and bullet-proof vests, made their escape in a car that was later found burnt in the area’s Foloi forest.

A large amount of money has been stolen in Bulgaria's capital city of Sofia district Mladost, Friday afternoon.

The robbery took place near a bank, Bulgarian National Radio reports. Two men waylaid employees carrying two bags of cash to the bank and attacked them, according to local media reports.

The amount of money stolen is still unknown.

Police operations across the Attica region led to the arrest of a number of suspects believed to be members of criminal organizations, a police statement revealed Friday.

A 25-year-old man was arrested at a Roma camp in Megara, western Attica, on nine counts of robbery or attempted robbery in the space of two hours in Megara and nearby Alepohori.

Greek police arrest yet another ‘Pink Panther’ gang member Police in Athens arrest a Serb national after jewelry robbery

A 26-year old Serb attempted escape by hitting a policeman but was handcuffed in the end.

Police have linked fugitive Revolutionary Struggle mastermind Nikos Maziotis to six armed robberies that are believed to have netted him and his accomplices around 15 million euros in cash, Kathimerini has learned.