Robbery with loot of several thousand euros occurred late Thursday afternoon (9/3) at around 7 in the evening in a parking lot of the Lamia – Thessaloniki highway, specifically at the 221st km between Agia Marina and Stylida.

Car he was driving 20 year old on the way to the co-capital, he stopped at the spot so that his parents could go to the toilet and then an unknown assailant opened the passenger door and grabbed a bag containing 38,000 euros, two Rolex watches and other items valued at more than 200,000 euros !

When the 20-year-old reacted and bewildered tried to stop him, the perpetrator him he threatened with a sharp object (probably a knife) and fled by jumping the fence of the national road. In fact, in his attempt to do the same, the 20-year-old slightly injured his hand.

From the first evidence, the robber cannot have been found at the scene by chance and it is possible that an accomplice was following the car. The case has been taken over by the Security Directorate of Lamia, which is also examining the footage from the cameras along the national highway.

The offender escaped very quickly from the point, jumping over a fence into the fields.

The investigations of the police authorities are underway to identify the perpetrator