Police officer arrested for robbing asylum seeker in Mykonos prison

A police officer on the island of Mykonos has been arrested after admitting to stealing a gold chain from a prison inmate at the police station.

The detainee, a Syrian national, was held in police custody for three days last week before being deported.

After her release on Monday, she filed a complaint, claiming that a gold chain worth 2,500 euros, which police had confiscated during her arrest, was missing from her personal effects.

An internal investigation identified a 31-year-old policewoman as the perpetrator. She admitted the crime and returned the gold chain to the Syrian woman.