An alarm was raised in the Hellenic police when the Department of Anti-Extortion received information that a weapon was hidden inside the sixth wing of Korydallos prison, which would be used to escape prisoners.

According to reports, the escape was being prepared by members of the Turkish mafia and beyond, who even had plans to take prison officers hostage.

Following this information, an operation was carried out in order to locate the weapon and prevent the escape planned with it.

The investigation was carried out at dawn on Saturday by police officers from the Department of Anti-Extortion in cooperation with their colleagues from the Operational Teams of the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime.

As it turned out, a Glock pistol and a magazine were found and seized in a cell of the Sixth Ward in a common area, hidden in an electrical device.