Arrest ordered of customs officers

Athens - A Greek prosecutor ordered striking customs officers to be arrested yesterday for starving Athens of fuel.

Athens - A Greek prosecutor ordered striking customs officers to be arrested yesterday for starving Athens of fuel.

Court officials said the public prosecutor charged an unspecified number of staff at the Aspropyrgos customs office near the capital with hindering the operation of a public interest company by refusing to clear about 100 petrol trucks.

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