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New evidence is coming to light regarding the seizure of large quantities of explosives and firearms following raids in Western Attica aimed at dismantling what authorities described as a significant criminal weapons storage and distribution network.

Five people were arrested in Western Attica on Monday as suspected members of a criminal network active in the possession, supply and sale of weapons and explosives, police said on Tuesday.

The case file accuses the men of possessing and manufacturing explosives, and violating laws on explosives, flares, drugs and antiquities.

A large cache of weapons and explosives was discovered yesterday, Monday (4/11), by the Sub-Directorate of Anti-Trafficking and Trade of Objects within the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime in the area of Western Attica.

An explosive device detonated late Tuesday in the courtyard of a primary school in Agrinio, western Greece. No injuries or damage were reported.

A suspicious gift received by Peristeri Mayor Andreas Pachatouridis on Wednesday was deemed harmless by authorities following an investigation.

Pachatouridis contacted the police after receiving a flower pot accompanied by an envelope containing an unidentified powder.

In the aftermath of deadly attacks using communication devices rigged with explosives in Lebanon, CNN asked a demolition expert to show the potential harm a pager or walkie-talkie bomb could cause to the human body.

A large quantity of powerful explosives, equivalent to 100 kilograms of TNT, weapons, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were found by police officers of the Assafety Ilida in the home of a deceased man in the municipal community of Peristeri.

Police in Crete have launched an investigation after finding a large quantity of drugs, explosives and weapons in the search of a man's home in Rethymno following his arrest by drug squad officers.

An ongoing crackdown on homegrown terror groups has led officers to the discovery of explosives in the home of an Air Force serviceman, the police said on Wednesday.

Georgian security forces have successfully thwarted a significant terrorist plot involving the transportation of explosives from Odesa, Ukraine, to Voronezh, Russia.