Roma are caught looting in the flood-affected areas of Volos, Magnisia and Trikala (Thessaly, Central Greece). Police have stepped up patrols.
Police arrested four people on Sunday for stealing an electric stove, refrigerator and bed from houses destroyed by Cyclone Daniel. Two citizens took advantage of the pain and suffering of the flood victims and tried to steal household electrical appliances from the victims.
In particular, speaking on air OPEN TV, the man explains that local residents are forced to patrol the area to protect their property.
According to a local publication taxydromos.gr, two Roma – 38 and 34 years old – were detained near the city of Volos. Early Sunday morning, they approached a 43-year-old woman’s home and stole a refrigerator and stove, which, along with other pieces of furniture, had been temporarily left on the sidewalk to dry out so they could clear out the flooded house. The police were called to the scene, detained two criminals and returned the electrical appliances to the owner.
Constant patrols are underway ΕΛ.ΑΣ. to avoid looting. It should be noted that all of Magnesia, like Thessaly as a whole, is on alert as citizens complain on social networks about suspicious movements of citizens for the purpose of robbery.
Other edition TheNewspaper.gr reported numerous cases of looting in houses abandoned by their owners due to flooding. According to the newspaper, persons of known nationality enter houses under the guise of helping and steal everything that is not spoiled and can be sold or used in the future. Residents of Palea, Paleo Limenarheio and Agria reported this to the police, the publication emphasizes.
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