A criminal organization whose members were involved in the trafficking of large quantities of contraband cigarettes was dismantled by the security of Thessaloniki. According to a related announcement, five people were arrested in an organized operation and more than 3,400 packs of cigarettes were confiscated.

Specifically, in the evening hours of 14-12-2023, a 17-year-old was spotted leaving an apartment building in the Stavroupoli area and during a check, it was found that he was carrying a total of 510 duty-free packs of cigarettes in a backpack and a plastic bag.

Yesterday morning, in a lawful investigation carried out in an apartment of the apartment building in question, four more members of the organization were identified and arrested, while they were found carefully hidden and 2,937 packs of cigarettes, which did not have the special consumption tax tape of the Greek State, were confiscated.

From the investigation of the police, it emerged that the specific apartment was used by those arrested to store quantities of contraband cigarettes, which they then distributed to other compatriots in order to sell them in various parts of Thessaloniki.

Those arrested will be taken to the competent Prosecutor.