Two Greek district police chiefs have been arrested in the space of two days on suspicion of blackmailing migrants from Pakistan, a police source said.
The latest arrest came after a Pakistani man complained to police that an officer had stopped his car and illegally seized 4,000 euros ($5,400) he was carrying. The officer later turned out to be the police chief of the working-class district of Renti near Piraeus, the police source said. On Tuesday, another senior officer was held after allegedly attempting to extort money from a Pakistani tobacconist. Police later confirmed the suspect is the police chief of Egaleo.