Evro: 13 Turkish nationals arrested with 147 weapons face felony charges

The Alexandroupoli authoritative was brought earlier the Alexandroupolis territory lawyer this morning, 13 Turks who were arrested by constabulary officers of the Sub-Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of Northern Greece, accused of carrying 147 pistols and 190 magazines, arsenic good arsenic parts and components of weapons.

They were prosecuted as felons and were referred to the investigating magistrate, from whom they were fixed a deadline for adjacent week. They stay successful custody until their transgression attraction is decided.

The 13 foreigners were arrested successful an country of Soufli, successful Evros, aft an cognition by the alleged Greek FBI, which appears to person had accusation astir their movements.

The arrested men, 7 men and six women, had crossed into Greek territory, having antecedently crossed the Evros River by boat, and were carrying their arsenal of weapons successful sacks.

The weapons are estimated, according to sources of the Hellenic Police, to person ended up with members of a pack of their compatriots, some wrong and extracurricular the Greek borders.

According to information, the defendants claimed that the proprietor of the vessel indicated to them a idiosyncratic to whom they were going to present the cargo, the contents of which, arsenic they said, they did not know. They stated that they intended to travel to Greece to question governmental asylum.