Twenty-two people were arrested, in total, yesterday, Thursday, September 21, during intensive checks by special crews of the Hellenic Police before the football matches in OAKA and “G. Karaiskakis”, according to a statement from ELAS.

The controls were carried out in the context of ELAS actions to deal with violence with a sports background, on the basis of both preventive and repressive action.

Those arrested have been charged, on a case-by-case basis, for violence against officials and judicial persons as well as violations of sports, weapons, flares and drugs laws.

Specifically, during checks outside the OAKA stadium, 21 people were identified and arrested, as cannabis with a total gross weight of 18.2 grams, 10 improvised cigarettes with cannabis, 5 graters, with extracts of cannabis, 6 hand-held lighters were found and confiscated. laser and laser beam emitter and multi-tool with 5.5 cm folding knife blade.

Also, at the stadium “G. Karaiskakis” a person was arrested, who tried to enter a gate of the stadium while inciting other fans against the police, while in the context of the control carried out on him, he put up a strong resistance, resulting in the injury of a police officer. In fact, he had previously attempted to forcibly enter a place where a police officer was with the intention of injuring him.

As pointed out in the announcement, “the Greek Police, in the context of dealing with violence with a sports background, will carry out checks with the aim of preventing and suppressing such phenomena”.