ISIS suspect arrested in Mytilene
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
A 51year old Iranian, against whom an international arrest warrant had been issued for involvement in the extremist Islamist organization ISIS was arrested last Friday at Mytilene Airport.
The Iranian had tried to smuggle 3 Afghan women to Berlin aboard a charter flight from Mytilene Airport. According to local website lesvosnews,the Iranian had supplied the Afghan women with forged Bulgarian passports. The men of the Mytilene security station arrested all.
During the interrogation, it was revealed that an international arrest warrant for participation in ISIS, the Islamist terrorist organization, had beeen against the Iraniang.
According to reliable sources of Athenian News Agency, during his interrogation the Iranian allegedly admitted his involvement in ISIS, while the interrogation process involved a special team of intelligence agency EYP arrived in Mytilene especially for this, from Athena.
Monday, however, when he was brought to the prosecution of Mytilene under tight security, he denied the charges.
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