In the arrest of two men aged 24 and 28for the cultivation and possession of cannabis, on Thursday afternoon in western Thessaloniki, police officers of the Narcotics Prosecution Department of the Serres Security Sub-Directorate.

The young perpetrators, as was established by a police investigation of their home, had turned the basement into a nursery where they cultivated 247 cannabis seedlings, each up to 120 centimeters tall.

The nursery was discovered by the police drug detection dog “ROXY” of the Serres Police Department

Also, in the above premises, the following were found and confiscated:

• 13 packages with quantities of raw cannabis, total weight 7 kg and 79 grams,
• 3 packages of hemp plant extracts, total weight 2 kg and 59 grams,
• 5 packages of processed cannabis, total weight 480 grams,
• 21 sealed packages containing cannabis seeds and 4 pots of cannabis seeds and
• 2 precision electronic scales.

In addition, four mobile phones, the sum of 1,750 euros, as well as a vehicle they were using were confiscated.