BUSTED - Illicit trade in antiquities gang headed by major hotel owner!

The owner of a major hotel chain in the Attica region is according to some press reports suspected by authorities of being in charge of a gang involved in the illicit trades in antiquities and sacred icons.

At the request of a judicial officer in Ioannina, who had discovered the hotelier’s suspect activities an investigation was immediately launched by authorities in Athens and three major cities in the Peloponnese, in Thessaly as well as in Epirus.

Reports in the Greek press, quoting police officials, claim that during the investigation in Thessaly, one alleged member of the gang, who worked as a shepherd, was found with three pistols, about 80,000 euros in cash and at least three luxury cars.

(Apparently business was good!)

The same reports also talk about a police raid that took place in a bookbindery shop in down town Athens, promising to reveal all on Friday afternoon.

HellasFrappe will be updating this story as soon as we get hold of more information.