Hashish plantation of 625 seedlings was located in a forest village in the area of ​​Fokida, by police officers of the Narcotics Prosecution Department of the Security Sub-Directorate of Patras, with the assistance of a special team of EKAM police officers.

A case file was filed for the case, of a criminal nature, for the cultivation of drugs, at the expense of unknown perpetrators, who are wanted for arrest.

In particular, yesterday morning, Thursday 5/10/2023, an organized police operation and exploration was carried out in the above area, during which a cannabis plantation was located, in a specially designed area, surrounded by dense forest vegetation, providing it with natural cover, in which it was cultivated a total of 625 saplings, up to 1.5 meters high, which were uprooted and confiscated.

At the same time, digging tools, bags of fertilizer, buckets and plastic water containers, which were used to care for the cannabis seedlings, as well as a glove, were located and confiscated in the plantation area.

The items were collected as evidence from the seedling cultivation area and will be sent to the Department of Criminal Investigation for laboratory tests.

The illegal expected financial benefit that the perpetrators would obtain is estimated to range from 624,000 euros to 936,000 euros.

The preliminary investigation work is carried out by the Narcotics Prosecution Department of the Patras Security Sub-Directorate, while the case file that was formed will be submitted to the Prosecutor of Patras.