The patrol of the DIAS team on Friday night in Chania, led to a “big catch” with the detection of 400 grams of cocaine and the arrest for the third time in two months of a 46-year-old man from Chania, who had dragged and killed a pedestrian on An. Gogoni street last year October.

According to information from zarpanews.gr, the 46-year-old man was spotted yesterday by DIAS police officers, who noticed suspicious behavior on his part, only to find out immediately afterwards that he was a person known to the authorities, who was free under restrictive conditions after being arrested two times.

The first immediately after the traffic accident as he was found with cocaine in his pockets and the second, 2 days later, at the beginning of November, when he was caught driving (despite the removal of his license) while in a subsequent search he was found with cocaine in the car.

400 grams of cocaine in LED lamps, in the oven, in the electrical panel

After his discovery, the narcotics prosecution was notified and a search of his home followed, in the presence of a prosecutor’s office. According to information from zarpanews.gr, the 46-year-old was preparing to sell 400 grams of cocaine on the market, which he had carefully hidden in unlikely places.

In the oven, in the washing machine, in LED lamps in special bags, even in the electrical panel, between fuses and water heater!

They also found cannabis precision scales, tranquilizers, 13,200 euros and about 400 US dollars…

In detail, the police statement:

He was arrested, a citizen accused of drug trafficking, in Chania. Almost 400 grams of cocaine, 200 grams of cannabis, precision scales were seized. In addition, the sum of 13,270 euros and 435 dollars was confiscated

He was arrested, yesterday (22.12.2023) in the afternoon, in an area of ​​the Municipality of Chania by police officers of the Narcotics Prosecution Department of the Security Sub-Directorate of Chania, a local accused of violations of the Legislation on narcotic substances.

In particular, in the context of targeted actions and special actions, prepared by the Chania Police Directorate to combat the possession and trafficking of narcotic substances, yesterday (22.12.2023) in the afternoon by police officers of the above Service, a search was carried out at the home of the citizen.

During the investigation, the following were found and seized:

• 395 grams of cocaine

• 198 grams of cannabis,

• narcotic tablets without the required medical prescription,

• high accuracy weight scale,

• the sum of 13,270 euros and 435 dollars,

knife,

• mobile phone

The preliminary investigation is carried out by the Narcotics Prosecution Department of the Security Sub-Directorate of Chania