The Samos Police are stepping up checks to investigate cases of illegal possession, use, trade and sale of sparklers ahead of the Easter holidays.

In the context of these investigations, police officers from the Department of Marathokampos discovered a cardboard box containing six rounds of gunpowder in a mountainous area within the wider area of ​​Marathokampos on Samos. The shells were confiscated, and the district police department is currently conducting a preliminary investigation.

Also, people from the District Police Department were found in the Pythagorion area and six more shells were confiscated. The Samos Police Department says that checks will continue with unabated intensity into M. Week and draw attention to those who acquire illegal firecrackers.