Rentis: Dozens of arrests on the charge of the criminal organization for the murder of the policeman G. Lyggeridis

With his official statement, the Leader of EL.AS. spoke about the arrest of dozens of members of a criminal organization involved in the attack on YAT police officers in Rentis, resulting in the death of Chief Constable Georgios Lyggeridis.

A top-secret investigation was conducted by the Sub-Directorate for Combating Violence in Sports Venues of the Attica Security Directorate, with the assistance of the Criminal Investigations Directorate for the last 4 months, according to the official announcement of the Hellenic Police. The investigation was aimed at fully elucidating the criminal attack by hooligans in the area of ​​Rentis, which resulted in the death of YAT police officer Georgios Lyggeridis.

As is already known, in order to solve this murderous attack, from the first moment, more than 400 prosecutions had been made, so that no conviction was lost, while one person had been arrested and brought to justice.

Criminal organization behind the attack

Subsequently, the case file compiled included testimony, video and other findings that demonstrated the existence of a criminal organization behind the attack, while confirming a link between sports violence and organized crime.

In particular, evidence emerged of a criminal organization, consisting of 158 members, which, at least since 2019, committed felony and misdemeanor criminal acts and operated mainly in Attica, Volos and Ioannina.

In order to deconstruct the criminal organization in question, from the early hours of this morning, as part of the ongoing preliminary investigation, a broad police operation was carried out, with the assistance of EKAM and police dogs, resulting in the arrest of 60 people so far.

At the same time, 58 searches have been carried out in houses and 15 in vehicles and a number of persuasive items such as pistols, wooden bats, knives, drugs, clothing, digital media and others have been seized.

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