Two youths arrested over mini market robberies in northern Athens

Authorities person arrested a 16-year-old and a 20-year-old successful transportation with a bid of robberies and attempted robberies targeting mini markets successful Athens’ bluish suburbs successful April, constabulary said. 

After giving statements to authorities, the two were released under restrictive conditions, including mandatory appearances astatine a constabulary station.

They were apprehended past week aft a failed hold-up astatine a mini marketplace successful Kifissia, where the store proprietor resisted, forcing them to flee. Police were rapidly alerted and, drafting connected accusation from erstwhile incidents, tracked them down and made the arrests. 

Investigators, utilizing testimonies, information footage and grounds from location searches, linked the suspects to two robberies and 1 attempted robbery successful Vrilissia, Halandri and Marousi. One of the two youths used a pistol successful the robberies, the footage showed.  

In Vrilissia connected April 5, the brace allegedly managed to steal €1,500 from a currency registry aft utilizing force.