A 55-year-old man was arrested and accused of shooting his 27-year-old ex-partner, injuring her in the arm.

The incident had happened last September in Flogita, Halkidiki, and inside a vehicle where the former couple was riding, while the patient suffered a piercing wound on her right thumb and was hospitalized at the Halkidiki Hospital.

An arrest warrant had been issued against the 55-year-old and was pending by the Investigating Officer of Halkidiki for attempted murder, which was executed yesterday at noon when was detected in western Thessaloniki.

In searches carried out in four houses he used in areas of Thessaloniki, Xanthi and Halkidiki, pistols, cartridges and weapon parts were found.

More specifically, as announced by EL.AS., ten pistols, seven magazines, 276 cartridges of various calibers, twelve suitcases for transporting weapons, knives and pepper spray, as well as spare parts, components and tools used to assemble and falsify the weapons, were seized.

The arrested person was taken to the Halkidiki Prosecutor’s Office.