Nine Georgian citizens detained by Greek police for house robberies in Athens

The Greek police have detained a group of nine Georgian citizens, including one woman, for the creation of ‘criminal groups’ and house robberies in Athens.

Local media reports that Greek law enforcements had been monitoring the suspects for three years. They robbed 31 houses in Athens.

The detainees sent the looted jewellery to their homeland, Georgia. Photo: astynomia.gr.

The Greek police say that the members of the ‘criminal group’ received information about the houses mainly from domestic workers.

The investigation found that the detainees had a ‘skeleton key’ that made it easy to open locked doors.

Police seized three cars, jewellery, cell phones, computers and cash (about $6,500/€7,112).