Crime prevention

A large-scale police operation took place on Wednesday morning in western Attica as part of a crackdown on crime in the wider region.

Authorities reported the arrest of six individuals during the operation, which involved the seizure of firearms, more than 250 9mm rounds, and mobile phones.

A man from Bangladesh was found dead in a police cell in central Athens on Tuesday morning.

Police said the 29-year old man was found hanged in the police station of Omonoia by the officers who came in for work on Tuesday. He had been detained on Monday night for causing damage to a police car and was kept in an area together with 11 other prisoners.

A dramatic heist took place in the port town of Lavrio, in southeastern Attica, on Thursday, as four armed robbers ambushed a cash delivery van and made off with nearly 1 million euros.

According to security staff, the suspects were dressed in white overalls and surgical masks and had been waiting outside a toy store for the van.

A 27-year-old man accused of transporting a bag full of grenades surrendered to authorities on Wednesday in Piraeus, following an incident that occurred on Saturday morning in Keratsini.

The man was riding a motorcycle with another person when he ignored police orders to stop, leading to a pursuit. 

A 42-year-old father of four who became embroiled in a bar fight in northeastern Greece on the night of August 15 died of his injuries on Tuesday, sparking fears of a feud in the small border town of Feres.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday a new German donation of vehicles and equipment would help Serbia's border police perform their daily tasks and border control and surveillance even more efficiently in the future.

Dacic said this after the donation was handed over to the Border Police Directorate.

The possibility of arsonism for revenge is being investigated by the Security and the Investigative Department of the Fire Brigade, following the fire that broke out in the early morning hours of Monday, August 4, in two vehicles of a police officer serving in a center in Pateles Heraklion.

Police officers who speak foreign languages are carrying out summer patrols on bicycles in the city of Kastoria, northern Greece, as part of efforts to provide upgraded services to residents and visitors. 

The 300-page report by the deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Achilles Zisis, has only assigned criminal responsibility for the extensive wiretapping of phone conversations of various people including politicians and journalists to the companies that had the illegal Predator software, and not the National Security Service (EYP) or any other government agency (the Hellenic Police [ELAS] or

Wild scenes, according to descriptions given by police, unfolded early in the morning in Livadia Myloi, where strong police forces searched for and arrested, under currently unknown circumstances, two villagers for drug-related cases, according to the information available so far.