Those arrested will be taken to the competent Prosecutor
Police officers of the General Affairs Department of the Narcotics Prosecution Sub-Directorate of Thessaloniki proceeded to dismantle a multi-member criminal organization, when in the context of a multi-month, intensive and thorough investigation, they determined the action of its members regarding the cultivation of cannabis seedlings and their further trafficking within the Greek territory and mainly in the Prefecture Attica.
With the assistance of police officers from the Departments of Immediate Intervention, Drug Prosecution of Eastern Thessaloniki, Drug Prosecution of the Airport of Thessaloniki of the Sub-Directorate of Narcotics Prosecution of Thessaloniki, Prevention and Suppression of Crime of the Sub-Directorate of Special Operational Actions as well as police officers of the Department of Police Dog Companions of the Directorate of Special Police Forces, was carried out wide police operation in areas of the Prefecture of Attica, during which six members of the criminal gang were identified and arrested.
They are five foreign men and one foreign woman, aged 24 to 45, including two managers of the organization aged 45 and 41, against whom, as well as their 45-year-old accomplice whose details have already been identified, a case file was filed , as the case may be, for the offenses of criminal organization, violation of the Law on Addictive Substances and violation of the Weapons Law.
In more detail, as part of the above-mentioned police operation, searches were carried out in outdoor areas, specifically in a forest area of the Prefecture of Attica where cannabis seedlings were cultivated, in a makeshift accommodation found at the scene and in houses used by members of the ring, during which they were found and confiscated in total:
- (2,101) hemp seedlings 50 cm to 1.10 m in height which were uprooted,
- Submachine gun with magazine, ready to use,
- (2) pistols, one of which has a cartridge in the chamber;
- Cartridges of various calibers,
- pistol silencer,
- pair of handcuffs,
- Precision Electronic Scale,
- Mini laptop-notebook (tablet),
- (9) mobile phones used to communicate with each other,
- Portable intercom system and two wireless transceivers,
- night camera,
- signal jamming device,
- Lots of agricultural tools, empty pots, packages of potting soil, fertilizer and accessories used to grow the seedlings,
- Amount of money (2,700) euros related to drug trafficking,
- Keys corresponding to a vehicle they were using that had been reported stolen in February 2022, while it is noted that they placed fake license plates on it and
- (4) I.X.E. cars, which they used both to transport the drug quantities and to facilitate their movements.
From the further investigation it emerged that, at the expense of the arrested, a decision of the Athens Appeals Prosecutor’s Office is pending, by which she was sentenced to a prison sentence of (1) year and (6) months, for forgery.
Those arrested will be taken to the competent Prosecutor.
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