Suspect injured while trying to evade arrest during drug raid

Two men were arrested and a third was seriously injured while attempting to escape in a drug raid in Athens late Friday.

Police, acting on a tip-off, initially arrested two men in the coastal town of Porto Rafti, near Athens, after finding 2.5 kilos of cannabis in their possession.

After the arrests, police, accompanied by a prosecutor, went to search the 5th-storey apartment occupied by the two detainees in downtown Athens where they found a third man, who fell off a balcony while trying to evade arrest, suffering serious injury.

The injured suspect was rushed to hospital, where he was reported in critical condition.

Police said the apartment was being used as a narcotics lab.