Heraklion: Plantations with 59 cannabis saplings identified – Two arrests

Two men were arrested in the context of its coordinated actions and actions General Regional Police Directorate of Creteas well as the implementation of a special research plan to combat the cultivation of cannabis seedlings, which were organized and carried out yesterday in areas of the Regional Unit of Heraklion by the Drug Prosecution Department of the Heraklion Security Sub-Directorate.

Coordinated police reconnaissance operations with the aerial assistance of a Greek Police helicopter, in which police officers of the Drug Prosecution Department and the Crime Prevention and Suppression Team of the Heraklion Security Sub-Directorate and of Heraklion and Messara Police Operations Departments with the assistance of his police officers Department of Special Suppression Counter-Terrorism Unit of Creteled to the identification of two plantations with a total 59 hemp saplingswhich were diligently cultivated and were in the development stage of up to 1 meter in height.

They were found and confiscated near the site of a plantation pistol25 cartridges and precision scales.

During the police investigation and preliminary investigation, a local was identified as the owner-cultivator of a plantation, who was located and arrested, while a case was filed against another local for the cultivation of the other plantation. A search of their homes turned up and confiscated a total of two shotguns, 42 cartridges and a small quantity. hemp.

On the plantationsobjects and evidence related to the cultivation of saplings were found and confiscated.

In addition, another national was arrested for breaches of arms law.

The preliminary investigation is carried out by the Drug Prosecution Department of the Heraklion Security Sub-Directorate.