A wild gang Young people, in the majority of minors, who was violently grabbing chains Pedestrians in the areas of Kallithea, Nea Smyrni, Neo Faliro, Petralona and Taurus was disrupted by Security.
Police guided by videos that captured the action of minors were able to end their action. A total of 10 people were arrested, including 8 minors, aged 19, 18, 17, 16 and 15, as members of the gang who grabbed pedestrian chains in the above areas of Attica, while still 8 young men have been identified and sought.
A case file was filed against them for a case -by -case gang committing robberies, co -conspiracy and continuously and violating the law on addictive substances and weapons, while 3 of the members are already incarcerated in a special youth detention facility.
Their action
In terms of their way of action, the defendants, at least since the beginning of 2024, acting with a different composition and alternating roles, after identifying their victims, approached them on foot and removed chains of chains with the threat of knife.
They then resell the removed chains to kleptopods in order to obtain economic benefit.
The pre -trial investigation of the Department of Prosecution and Criminal Crimes of Kallithea were solved 19 cases of robberies, as well as one theft.
In the possession of the defendants, they were found, among other things, and seized:
4 chains,
raw cannabis
precision electronic scales
shears
cartridge
fracture tool
It is worth noting that the majority of the defendants have occupied the police in the recent past for similar offenses.