Greek Police (ΕΛ.ΑΣ.) carried retired a large-scale nationwide cognition under the codification sanction Spark-Downaimed astatine combating illicit trafficking successful pyrotechnics successful anticipation of Easter.
During the raids, instrumentality enforcement officers seized much than 90 thousand units firecrackers, fireworks and different unsafe products.
According to the police, the special cognition covered the full territory of the state and was focused connected preventing the amerciable production, merchantability and use of pyrotechnic products.
Results of a large-scale audit
In conscionable 1 time of operation, instrumentality enforcement officers carried out:
- 3,660 checks passim the country;
- 23 arrests;
- 22 administrative protocols.
During the raids the pursuing were confiscated:
- 49,564 firecrackers;
- 41,447 pyrotechnic products;
- 6,370 children’s firecrackers and toys;
- 152 flares;
- 127 homemade pyrotechnic devices;
- 114 sparklers;
- 2,761 grams of earthy materials for the accumulation of explosive compositions.
General results of the run since March
According to ΕΛ.ΑΣ.from the opening of the run connected March 7 to April 8, the pursuing has already been carried out:
- 27,027 checks;
- 93 arrests;
- 79 violations identified.
During this play the pursuing were confiscated:
- 105,762 firecrackers;
- 44,139 fireworks;
- 1,439 homemade devices;
- 452 triggers;
- 27.1 kg components for the manufacture of pyrotechnics.
Major episodes of the operation
Among the astir notable cases recorded during the raids:
- V Corinth a overseas woman was detained aft she was recovered successful a store with much than 32,000 pyrotechnic products;
- V Lasithi a antheral was detained aft being recovered successful possession of 23,000 firecrackers;
- V Attica much than 22,000 firecrackerssmoke bombs and awesome pistols;
- V Messinia the antheral ordered from overseas 1,000 firecrackers via the postal service.
Editorial comment
Every year earlier Easter, Greek authorities intensify the combat against amerciable pyrotechnics, arsenic the country’s vacation traditions are regularly accompanied by injuries, fires and adjacent deaths.
Despite this, signifier shows that it has not yet been imaginable to wholly eradicate the use of firecrackers and improvised explosive devices: the request for them during the vacation play remains consistently high.
The constabulary stress that checks will proceed with the aforesaid strength until the extremity of the holidays.
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