More than (22) kilos of heroinwhich were to be channeled to hangouts of drug addicts, were identified and seized by police officers of the General Affairs Section of the Narcotics Prosecution Sub-Directorate of the Security Directorate Thessalonikiin the context of an investigation into a well-organized circuit of possession and trafficking of large quantities of narcotic substances in Greek territory.

He was arrested for the case 27 years old citizen, member of a ring, who was spotted driving a vehicle on a national road network and with the assistance of police officers of the Highways Traffic Department P.A.Th.E. and crew of a patrol car of the Direct Action Directorate of Thessaloniki, was stopped at the height of the Malgari toll road.

As it emerged from the investigation, the aforementioned man, with the role of receiving drug quantities from Athens and their distribution in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki, transported by vehicle a total of (22) kilograms and (883) grams of heroin, divided into (45) parcels, which found by officers of the Narcotics Prosecution Sub-Directorate in special hiding places behind the glove box of the passenger and in the back of the audio system.

The vehicle in which he was traveling, a mobile phone used by the 27-year-old for his meetings and a sum of money related to drug trafficking were also confiscated.

The arrested person, with the case filed against him, will be taken to the competent Prosecutor.