New revelations come to the light of publicity for the gangmembers of whom were arrested in Crete And thousands of ammunition brought from Albania. The 65 -year -old man has a central role in the action of the criminal organization, who “wanted to” load “the island’s market with bullets for marriage.”
The 65 -year -old from Crete, known to the authorities for his earlier involvement in ammunition, It is alleged to be the “brain” of the gang disrupted by ELAS.
The criminal organization was mainly active in Crete and northern Greece, with its disintegration achieved through a coordinated police operation in Chania and Kastoria.
The aim of the circuit was to introduce and distribute large quantities of bullets, both for other criminal groups and for weddings, where in the habit of the Cretans they “play” ballots.
During the operation, about 25,000 bullets were found and confiscated, which – according to law enforcement authorities – had been illegally introduced by Albania.
Old caravan and basic ‘player’
For ELAS The 65 -year -old, today, allegedly as leader of the gang had been arrested and Again in 2019 for a load of thousands of bullets from Albania, in a special truck.
At that time, police officers from the Crete Organized Crime Response Department had “dug” under the hundreds of clover balls of four Kalashnikovs and More than 120,000 bullets!
And while the new case with the burden of about 25,000 cartridges has already taken the path of justice, with authorities talking again about the action of criminal organization, cretalive.gr is recovering aspects of the older case that had caused a sensation.
According to ELAS, the 59-year-old man had traveled several times to Albania several times to reach the “source” and come in with his suppliers.
He was given, based on the pre -trial material, that every time he traveled outside Crete, he left his personal cellphone at home to prevent the stigma from being detected. According to the authorities, Albania was alleged to be on foot in order to avoid checkpoints.
But also in December 2018, a few months before the 2019 police operation, ELAS believed that he made the decision to cancel “despite one” to receive huge bullet loads, confident that he was under police monitoring, downloading for a while.
However, in the 2019 case he had claimed that he had brought 122,000 bullets to shoot with his friends in the mountains …
Finally, the four arrested after a coordinated police operation in areas of Chania and Kastoria, and another person, will apologize on Thursday, July 3rd.