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Turks in northern Greece held pending trial for smuggling weapons
Greek Police seized 147 illegal firearms from 13 Turkish nationals allegedly trafficking weapons to unknown recipients near the Greek-Turkish border, officials said.
- A Greek court ruled on Thursday to detain 12 Turkish nationals arrested last week near the northern border on suspicion of smuggling weapons into Greece.
- Greek police apprehended the group close to the Evros river after receiving intelligence about suspected illegal entry and criminal syndicate involvement.
- Authorities confiscated two bags and a suitcase containing 147 handguns, several hundred rounds of ammunition, and various firearm components wrapped in plastic from a group of 15 individuals.
- The suspects are accused of entering Greece illegally to supply weapons to criminal organizations, but they have denied wrongdoing and claim to be migrants.
- An increase in Turkish nationals arrested with firearms in Greece in recent years has been linked by police to cross-border criminal activity.
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Turks in northern Greece held pending trial for smuggling weapons
A Greek court has ruled that 12 Turks arrested in northern Greece on accusations of participating in an international criminal group smuggling weapons into the country should be detained pending trial, legal sources said on Thursday.
Seven of the remaining 13 Turkish nationals who are charged with illegal entry to Greece and possession of firearms were sent back to jail after their testimonies on Wednesday, joining the other six who were detained pending trial on Tuesday.
From tomorrow until Wednesday, the 13 Turks charged with a felony will be brought before the Alexandroupolis investigator, as a large number of weapons and magazines were found in their possession. The authorities found another 25 weapons in the possession of another Turk who was arrested in Xanthi and taken to the prosecutor's office. The police officers of the Organized Crime Directorate are focusing on investigating the mobile phones of the T…
The 13 foreigners were arrested in the Soufli area, in Evros, following an operation by the so-called Greek FBI.
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