Four people were arrested in Haniand for violations concerning in guns, sparklers -fireworks.

The authorities seized an assault rifle, pistols, a revolver, shotguns, cartridges and firecrackers.

In the context of actions related to the crimes and after appropriate utilization of information by policemen of the Police Operations Department of Chania, the policemen arrived in the area of Apokorono Municipalitywhere a check was carried out on one of the arrested persons in whose possession 71 firecrackers were found and confiscated.

This was followed by a check on a vehicle in which the second of the arrested persons was riding and then searches by police officers in houses, places and vehicles they use in the area of ​​Sfakia, during which they found and seized a total of: Rifle, shotguns, two pistols, a revolver , magazines, five hundred and ninety-five (595) cartridges of various types and calibers and a leather pistol holster.

The preliminary investigation is carried out by the Chania Police.

Also in Ierapetra, a man had 806 pieces of fireworks in his house.

His arrest, for violations of the legislation on flares and fireworks, was made by police officers of the Police Operations Department of Lasithi and the Police Operations Unit of Sitia, in the context of actions especially in view of Easter.

The preliminary investigation for the case is carried out by the Ierapetra Security Department.