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Greek police have arrested two Albanians for the armed robbery that occurred on Wednesday afternoon at a store on Vasilissis Olgas Street, in Thessaloniki.
According to information from "Protothema", these are two Albanians, 44 and 47 years old. One was arrested in the Toumbe area of Thessaloniki, while the second in the Katerini area.
Greek police have identified a total of 5 people involved, 3 of whom are still being sought.
According to the investigation, the fingerprints and strange movements of one of the perpetrators, who also went to another store during the escape, betrayed the group of robbers.
As the investigation revealed, the two arrested people entered the pawn shop armed, while their three other accomplices were waiting for them in a rented car, with the intention of escaping immediately after receiving the sum of 20 thousand euros.
There was also a gunshot during the robbery, but no one was injured.
"Police officers from the Sub-Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of Northern Greece investigated an armed robbery, which occurred at noon on 14-01-2026, at a gold shop in Thessaloniki.
In this case, a total of -2- people, aged 44 and 37, were found and arrested -as part of the ongoing investigation- by the Department of Prosecution of Crimes against Life and Property and with the assistance of police officers from the Katerinis Sub-Directorate of Prosecution and Investigation of Crimes and the Department of Prosecution and Investigation of Crimes of Toumba - Triandria.
At the same time, the file filed against them -as appropriate- for robbery in collaboration and violation of weapons legislation, also includes -3- people, aged 42, 41 and 34.
An investigation was conducted by the Department of Crimes against Life and Property, and after fingerprints were found by the Sub-Directorate of Criminal Investigations of Northern Greece, it emerged that the aforementioned defendants were organized to commit the robbery, with the aim of illegal material gain.
As for the chronology of the case, the 41-year-old and the 34-year-old, after covering their facial features with “full” hoods and jacket hoods and wearing gloves, entered the store. Then, at gunpoint, after immobilizing a person known to the owner, they stole -3,000- euros, as well as keys from a car parked outside the store. In fact, during the incident, the 41-year-old shot at the floor of the store, without injuring anyone.
Then, using the keys, they entered the car and took £40, as well as various pieces of jewellery. It was discovered that the 37-year-old had gone to another shop of the owner before the robbery and had sold these pounds to the above victim, in exchange for a sum of money.
Finally, after getting into a rental car -where the rest of their co-defendants were waiting-, they left the scene. As it turned out, this car was handed over to the owner company after the robbery by the 44-year-old.
In total, as part of the investigations, a "full face" hood, -6- gloves, -2- mobile phones, -2- British pounds, and -220- euros were found and seized," the Greek police announced.
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