Overall police on the Ionian Islands confiscated more than 44,000 firecrackers during the Easter period and arrested seven shop owners / managers, aged between 24 - 78. Lixouri police arrested two owners and a manager, confiscating 27,000 bangers in the process (over half the total haul).
Local coast guard on Easter Sunday performed an emergency transfer from PisoAetos to Sami of an 82 year old resident in need of urgent hospital treatment.
