Police

A woman was arrested in Drama last night after endangering her dog.

Police officers of the local police station, following a complaint, found that she had left the dog inside an insured vehicle, not respecting its welfare rules, according to thestival.gr.

The suspect had been previously unknown to law enforcement, with no prior involvement in criminal cases or connections to members of anarchist groups.

The warehouse was originally rented in 2008 using forged identity documents. The renter had informed the property owner that the space was needed to store books.

Greek police seized firearms and explosives during a search of a storage unit in the central Athens neighborhood of Pangrati late Tuesday.

Nearly 600 police officers in England and Wales were sacked in the year to March 2024, figures showed on Tuesday, as police chiefs battle to restore public confidence after a string of scandals.

The sackings, a 50 percent rise on the 394 dismissed the previous year, include 74 officers kicked out of policing for sexual offenses and misconduct.

A police officer in Kalambaka, central Greece, was arrested on Saturday in connection with the shooting death of a 68-year-old man who was killed while collecting edible wild greens on the outskirts of the town, in what police are reportedly treating as a hunting accident.

An online leak of the names of hundreds of staff of a new much-touted Greek anti-crime unit has put the officers' lives at risk, the police said on Oct. 17.

The Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (DAOE), dubbed "Greek FBI," was recently established in Greece to tackle organized crime.

A police officers association says it is planning legal action after names and details of hundreds of officers from a new elite crime-fighting agency were published on the internet.

Dubbed the "Greek FBI," the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (DAOE) was launched Thursday to tackle organized crime activities including contract killings, fuel smuggling and money laundering.

Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz has been freed from custody in Greece but banned from travelling outside the country as he awaits a court ruling on a Romanian-issued arrest warrant, police and legal sources said Monday.

Steinmetz was detained by Greek police on Sunday evening, hours after arriving on a private aircraft at Athens International Airport, police sources said.

Authorities are investigating a vehicle containing explosives discovered in Omonia Square in downtown Athens.

Counter-terrorism officers are at the scene, and traffic has been suspended on Socrates Street due to the ongoing investigation.

In Ruse and the surrounding region, a specialized operation aimed at curbing vote-buying is currently underway, as announced by the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.