A 29-year-old man was detained at noon on Tuesday, January 31, as part of a spontaneous procedure by the police “Immediate Action” (DI.AS. Team) for a robbery at the expense of an elderly woman, in the Pagration area.

In particular, the defendant approached an 87-year-old woman who was carrying shopping bags and offered to help her with their transportation.

When they entered the elderly woman’s apartment building, the 29-year-old girl forcibly removed the gold chain she wore around her neck, causing the woman to lose her balance and fall to the ground, and the perpetrator fled in an unknown direction. .

The police from the DI.AS group, who were patrolling the area, after thorough searches, managed to find the accused with the stolen goods and take him to the Pakrati security department, where he was identified as having committed the above robbery and arrested.

The wounded elderly woman was taken to the hospital, while the arrested man was taken to the Athenian Prosecutor’s Office for criminal cases.