Gang of 13 stole copper worth €1 million from construction site in Paiania
Thirteen arrests made for theft of copper cables spanning 25 kilometres from a French company's construction site in Mesogeia, valued at over €1 million.
Arrests of 13 gang members for theft of copper cables in Mesogeia
Thirteen individuals were arrested in simultaneous police operations in Attica and Boeotia, accused of stealing copper cables totalling 25 kilometres in length from a construction site belonging to a French company in Paiania. According to Dikastiko.gr, the value of the stolen cables exceeds €1,000,000.
The gang operated exclusively during nighttime hours, breaking into the construction site facilities in Mesogeia and removing large quantities of copper cables each time. Members would load the cables onto stolen lorries and transport them to remote areas, where they burned them to isolate the copper.
The identification of the 13 perpetrators was carried out by police officers from Paiania Security, who used material from security cameras as well as data obtained from lifting telephone confidentiality. Arrest warrants were subsequently issued against them.
The arrested individuals are from Albania, Greece, Bangladesh and Bulgaria.
Source: ERT / Dikastiko.gr
Source: Dikastiko.gr