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42-year-old woman arrested for setting up a snack bar with tables on protected Epanomi beach

From Ta Nea · () Greek

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  • Police arrested a 42-year-old woman accused of operating an unlicensed snack bar in a protected coastal area of Epanomi, Thessaloniki.
  • The site included shelters, tables, chairs, freezers, grills and a caravan used for storage, and occupied part of the beach without authorization.
  • Police said the activity damaged native dune vegetation and disrupted the protected area’s ecosystem.

A 42-year-old woman was arrested after police allegedly caught her running a snack bar in a protected coastal area at Epanomi, near Thessaloniki, without the approvals and special permits required for its installation.

According to police, the makeshift business had spread across the beach with sun shelters made of netting, tables and chairs, freezers and grills. A caravan had also been placed on the site and used as storage. The operation occupied part of the beach without authorization.

The area belongs to the Natura 2020 network. Police said the unauthorized activity damaged the natural vegetation growing on the sand dunes, causing environmental and aesthetic degradation and disturbing the area’s ecological balance.

The arrest followed checks and an investigation into complaints of environmental-law violations. Officers from the Environmental Protection Department of the Thessaloniki Directorate for Prosecution and Investigation of Crimes carried out the operation.

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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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