Firearm actions

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 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.

An Attica police officer was placed on administrative leave on Friday, two days after being arrested for the misappropriation of service weapons. 

A sworn administrative inquiry has been ordered into the officers' activities.

Police in northwestern Greece have seized an arsenal of weapons and ammunition from the property of a 76-year-old man on the outskirts of the town of Ioannina.

In an announcement published on Thursday, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) said that investigators acting on a tip-off raided the man's house and a nearby shed on Wednesday.