Koupa May Have Escaped to Albania

Greek police said they found the hideout of escaped fugitive Ilir Koupa in Kerasohori of Thesprotia, 500 meters from Polydrosso, near a house they said he had burgled to steal food and a sleeping bag and think he may have slipped across the border into his native Albania.

They said he broke the lock of the house, got toast and preserves found in cupboards and left two lenses on the table. There are fewer than 200 residents in Kerasohori and none reported seeing him, although police noted that many Albanians live there.

Police said they think he had accomplices there who got him into Albania and said the suspect it may have been the work of Albanian shepherds, who live and work legally in Greece.
“Koupa could not alone be moved to Kerasohori. It is impossible to make this distance on foot,” police said. He is the last of an Albanian gang to break out of Trikkala Prison, the rest being killed or captured. He was the target of one of the biggest manhunts in Greece.