Manhunt

Armed robbers make off with cash from Patras post office

Two armed robbers stormed a post office in the western port city of Patra in the Peloponnese Thursday morning, taking an unspecified amount of cash from the registers. 

According to witnesses, the two men wore helmets to conceal their faces and threatened employees with guns. 

Police have launched a manhunt to find them.

Convicted robber escapes police custody

Police officers launched a manhunt on Monday evening to locate a man who escaped from the Exarcheia police station in central Athens, where he was being held.

The 39-year-old escapee, identified as a Greek national, had three robbery convictions.

According to information, the suspect asked to go to the toilet and, while being taken, pushed the officer aside and fled. 

Four convicts break out of Peloponnese prison

A manhunt was launched on Wednesday after four convicts escaped from an agricultural prison near Nafplio in the Peloponnese.

According to reports, the absence of the four inmates -two Albanians, an Egyptian and a Moroccan - became apparent during the daily roll call at noon. It was not immediately clear how and at what time the convicts made their escape.

Family held up in Voula house burglary

A businessman and his family were held up by two armed men who barged into their home in the southern Athenian district of Voula shortly after midnight on Wednesday.
According to police sources, the robbers entered the house from an unlocked balcony door. They removed cash and valuable objects while pointing their guns at the man and his family and fled.

Hunt continues for escaped prisoner from Athens court

Police continued their manhunt on Wednesday for a 43-year-old man who manage to escape from an Athens courthouse on Tuesday before he was to appear before an investigative magistrate.

The suspect, a member of the Roma community, managed to break away from his guards during a fracas caused by his friends and relatives who showed up at the court and attacked police.

Manhunt underway after overnight jailbreak

A manhunt is underway for two prisoners who broke out of Attica's high-security Korydallos jail in the early hours of Wednesday.

The two inmates, both Albanian convicts serving terms for burglary and theft, are believed to have used a makeshift grappling hook and a rope to vault over the perimeter fence.

Their absence was noticed at the Wednesday morning roll-call.

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