The police proceeded to dismantle a large criminal organization, which maintained a large cannabis plantation in a villa in Attica.

After coordinated actions, seven people were arrested, while an eighth member is also included in the case file.

Among other things, more than 275 kilograms of processed and raw cannabis, 343 cannabis seedlings, -5- vehicles as well as a number of telephone devices and sim cards were seized.

The Narcotics Prosecution Department of the Heraklion Security Sub-Directorate in collaboration with the Narcotics Prosecution Sub-Directorate of the Attica Security Directorate, dismantled a criminal organization whose members were active in the cultivation of a large number of cannabis seedlings in a luxurious detached house (villa) in an area of ​​Attica.

The dismantling of the organization took place in the context of a coordinated police operation that took place in the morning hours today, Friday, July 21, 2023, in various areas of Attica, with the participation of EKAM police officers. and the Explosive Device Disposal Service and Police Dog Companions, during which seven (7) members of the organization were arrested.

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Against them, as well as against at least one other person who has been identified and is being sought, a case has been filed for criminal organization as well as for violation of drug legislation.

An appropriate use of information was preceded, while from the subsequent, methodical investigation, it emerged that the above arrested persons, at least in the last quarter, had formed a criminal group and established the cultivation of cannabis seedlings in a villa in the region of Attica.

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In this context, a police operation was organized and carried out during which a complete and complete plant for growing cannabis seedlings was found and confiscated in the villa in question, consisting of special equipment (for their planting, growing, harvesting, separation-defoliation and drying), while it was found that 343 cannabis seedlings, up to 2 meters high, were being cultivated in it.

In total, from the searches carried out in the villa and in the homes of the arrested, the following were found and confiscated:

228 kilos of raw hemp,

47 kg of processed hemp (chocolate),

-900- ml hashish oil,

-2.93- grams of cocaine,

39,468 euros and -3- British pounds gold,

wristwatch,

-5- vehicles,

variety of phone devices and sim cards.

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It is noted that the quantities of drugs seized would bring the criminal organization a financial benefit of 1,026,000 to 2,185,000 euros.

Those arrested are taken to the competent prosecuting authority.