Targeted police actions were held from May 12 to 14 as part of the implementation of the Strategic Planning of its Headquarters Hellenic Police to prevent and treatment her delinquency and her criminalitythroughout Greece.

In this context, teams were active with the participation of police officers from various visible and invisible policing services, taking into account the local operational plans and giving particular emphasis to areas where increased incidents of delinquency are observed.

During the above actions throughout the country, 24,079 vehicles and 31,166 people were checked while:

• 410 arrests for various offenses and for violations of the Criminal Code,

•1,264 additions,

•105 confiscations and 121 immobilizations of vehicles and

•6,230 Code of Criminal Procedure violations. and 23 anti-smoking law violations.

As pointed out by ELAS, particular importance was given to areas with increased incidents of delinquency, where targeted police actions were carried out, with the participation of police officers from various Services, and in particular:

At Northern Greece,

• 27,026 people and 21,302 vehicles were checked,

•901 people were brought in,

•307 people were arrested,

• 5,518 violations of the Code of Criminal Procedure were confirmed.

In areas of Achaia, Argolis, Corinth and Messinia:

•2,617 people and 1,479 vehicles were checked,

• 318 people were brought in,

•77 people were arrested,

• 310 violations of the C.O.K. were confirmed,

•40 vehicles were immobilized,

•3 vehicles were confiscated while,

• 23 violations of the anti-smoking legislation were confirmed.

Specifically at the local level in Lefkohori Ilia:

• 464 people were checked,

•14 people were brought in,

•14 people were arrested, of which 5 for electricity theft and 2 for burglaries, while

• 56 violations of the C.O.K. were confirmed,

while in Vrachati and Hexamile of Corinthia:

• 76 person checks were carried out,

• 27 people were brought in,

• 11 people were arrested, of which 6 for theft and 3 for violations of the Criminal Code. while,

• 5 violations of the C.O.K. were confirmed.

At the same time, during the same period, the special operational actions continued in areas of Western Attica, which were focused on Agia Varvara, Menidi and Zephyri according to the Western Attica Police Directorate, with the assistance of the services of the Security, Immediate Action and Traffic Directorates of Attica .

Specifically, the following were carried out:

•1,117 checks of people and 466 vehicles,

•156 introductions,

•9 arrests including 2 for theft, 2 for weapons, 2 for domestic violence and 1 for drugs, while

•4 knives were seized,

• 86 violations of the Code of Civil Procedure were confirmed. and

•9 vehicles were immobilized.

Finally, as ELAS emphasizes in the relevant announcement, the targeted police actions, aimed at preventing and suppressing crime and improving the level of security of citizens, will continue.