No criminal charges against the Turkish citizen against whom yesterday, Thursday, US intelligence briefing for being able to board an Emirates flight, according to the Greek police.

In a statement to EL.AS. notes that, after a thorough and detailed investigation carried out by its competent authorities, no criminal charges have been brought against the “suspect”.

“Following the announcement of 10/11/2022, the Hellenic Police Headquarters informs that, after a thorough and detailed investigation carried out by the competent Greek Police Services, no criminal charges have been brought against the person whothere was information that he was on one of the two flights of a known company and was classified as suspicious.”

It is recalled that a person was previously identified, in respect of whom information was received from the US intelligence services yesterday about a possible landing on an Emirates flight. He is a Turkish citizen and has been living in Greece for the last few years. The man was not found during the flight, but was later identified by the authorities.

The mobilization began after an email was sent to the US Embassy in Athens. It indicated that the individual was boarding one of two evening Emirates flights from Athens.

Although the information was assessed by the competent authorities as not particularly reliable, it was decided to check the passengers just in case. Following the outcome of the case, the possibility is being considered that the email was sent maliciously by a person belonging to the Turkish citizen’s entourage. Information says that his roommate is behind the “revealing” of his identity to the authorities.

The alarm time in “Email. Venizelos”

Yesterday’s operation of the Authorities at the airport “El. Venizelos “turned into a many-hour thriller. It all started after information that an Arab man suspected of terrorism boarded an Emirates flight. The information was handed over to the Greek authorities by US intelligence agencies.

One of the two evening Emirates flights was bound for Dubai. He didn’t leave “El. Venizelos” when the information was transmitted from the US, and therefore the passengers were subjected to close scrutiny by the airport police. The presence of the suspect on board the plane, which took off for its final destination at 22:00, has not been confirmed.

The second evening Emirates flight departed for New York when EL.AS was notified. Through the Civil Aviation Service, the aircraft was ordered to return to Athens for inspection. He was in the Rome FIR and returned to El. Venizelos” shortly before 22:00. escort of F-16 fighters, as provided by the protocol for security reasons.

The case was handled jointly by the Greek police and the National Investigation Agency, and the Minister for the Protection of Citizens, Takis Theodorikakos, was also briefed on the progress of the investigation. Shortly before midnight, screening of passengers on an Emirates flight to New York ended, but nothing suspicious was found.