Albanians arrested in Greece for terrorizing village

Two Albanian citizens, 18 and 22 year old, were arrested by the Greek Police in Florina. A press release of the northern Greek city says that they were arrested near the border with Albania, while they were trying to leave Greece.

The Greek authorities say that the two young men had terrorized the residents of the Klidhi village, at the Verias Prefecture, by shooting in the air with their machine guns.

According to the same sources, the Albanians were riding on a motor cycle around the village roads, and started shooting in the air. The frightened residents notified the police that started an operation for finding the suspects.

Three hours later, the Albanians were caught near the border while trying to cross to the Albanian side. Police found seized AK-47 machine guns and 65 bullets.

The preliminary investigations show that the Greek authorities had been looking for the 22-year-old, suspected of clandestine traffic.