HEL.AS.: A criminal organization with 158 members is involved in the murder of the policeman in Rentis – 60 arrests

“In the last 4 months, the Sub-Directorate for Combating Violence in Sports Venues of the Attica Security Directorate, with the assistance of the Criminal Investigations Directorate, conducted an extensive investigation under the utmost secrecy for the complete clarification of criminal attack by hooligans in the area of ​​Rentiswhich resulted in the death of YAT police officer Georgios Lyggeridis”, said in his statements Chief of the Greek Police, Dimitris Mallios.

“In order to solve this murderous attack from the first moment, more than 400 arrests were made, so that no conviction was lost, while one person was arrested and brought to justice”

Then, the case file which was compiled included testimonials, videos and other findings that demonstrated the existence of a criminal organization behind the attackwhile confirming a correlation between sports violence and organized crime.

In particular, they arose evidence of a criminal organizationconsisting of 158 members, who, at least since 2019, committed felony and misdemeanor criminal acts and operated mainly in Attiki, Volos and Ioannina.

The Chief of the Greek Police pointed out that for the deconstruction of the criminal organization in question, from the early hours of the morning today, as part of the ongoing preliminary investigation, a wide-ranging police operation was carried out, with the assistance of the EKAM. and police dogs, resulting in arrest, so far 60 people.

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.

“Our commitment to combating sports violence and overall lawlessness is absolute. We will continue to work with a plan and determination for the safety of citizens and the peaceful coexistence in our society” underlined the Leader of ELAS.

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