Firearm

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 the seaside resort town of Loutraki in the Corinthian Gulf have seized firearms and ammunition from the home of a 62-year-old man, who has been arrested.

Police on the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean have arrested four suspects, aged between 19 and 20, who they say used a 3D printer to produce firearms.

The suspects are facing numerous charges related to the manufacturing, possession, and distribution of firearms, as well as involvement in drug trafficking, specifically unprocessed cannabis.

Incidents involving individual guns, the majority of which were unlicensed, resulted in the death of a total of 2,500 people in Türkiye last year, according to a report based on media coverage prepared by an NGO.

A man faced a prosecutor on Friday on charges of possession of an extensive arsenal of military-grade firearms, ammunition and hand grenades.

The 54-year-old from the northern city of Florina is set to testify before an investigating magistrate on Tuesday, while his wife, 57, has already testified and is being held in custody.

A police officer in charge of an Athens police department was apprehended Wednesday for the misappropriation of service firearms. Following a routine inspection by an armorer, discrepancies in handheld weapons assigned to the officer were identified.

A police officer, who was the manager of an Athens police department, was apprehended on Wednesday for the misappropriation of service firearms. 

Following a routine inspection by an armorer, discrepancies in handheld weapons assigned to the officer were identified. 

Greece has one of the highest firearm homicide rates in Europe, according to a survey by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).

 Amid the concerns about rising individual armament in the wake of a deadly shop raid in Istanbul's Esenyurt district, a local media report has stated the number of people going to shooting ranges is on the rise.

She pointed out that with this, Serbia not only made itself safer, but also the whole of Europe.