Two Turkish Men Arrested in Chios for Smuggling Phones Worth €700,000

Two Turkish men person been arrested and ordered held successful custody aft being caught smuggling 12,500 mobile phones with an estimated retail worth of astir €700,000, authorities connected the land of Chios said Thursday.

The suspects, ages 62 and 72, were detained successful a coordinated cognition involving the Hellenic National Intelligence Service (EYP). Police seized 4,000 phones from a sailboat and different 8,500 from a van linked to the men.

Authorities said the imaginable mislaid customs duties connected the smuggled phones, which were mostly basal models without accessories oregon ineligible acquisition documents, magnitude to implicit €166,000, elevating the lawsuit to a felony.

One of the men reportedly admitted to transporting the phones to Turkey. The lawsuit is being handled by the section prosecutor.