Police officers of the Kozani Security Department proceeded to arrest a 37-year-old citizen for a case of drugs which he would have received by mail from the United Kingdom. The postal parcel was located at the Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”, while a case was filed against the arrested person for supply, import and possession of narcotic substances, as well as for violation of weapons legislation.

Specifically, as stated in today’s relevant police announcement, the 37-year-old was arrested yesterday in Kozani, following an organized police operation by policemen of the Drug Enforcement Team of the Kozani Security Department and the Crime Prevention Suppression Team (OPKE) of the region. .

In particular, a controlled delivery operation was organized for the postal parcel, which was located at the Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”, following a decision of the Drug Prosecution Coordinating Body and the approval of the competent prosecution authority. The 37-year-old was found in an EL.TA store. of Kozani at the time he received the package, coming from the United Kingdom and containing a package of cocaine, total weight 16.50 grams, which was confiscated.

From further searches at the 37-year-old’s home in Kozani, a nylon package containing tablets falling under the drug legislation, the possession of which he could not justify, with a gross weight of 33 grams and an equal number of amphetamine paste, total gross weight, was found and confiscated 24 grams. At the same time, the police found and confiscated two precision scales, three nylon packages containing empty cellulose capsules, the same number as folding knives (knives) and 20 tablets falling under the drug legislation, the possession of which he could not justify.

Also, in the search of the home of the 37-year-old arrested, three glass packages of tablets falling under the drug legislation, the possession of which he could not justify, with a combined weight of 16 grams, a glass container containing extracts of possibly hallucinogenic mushrooms were located and seized , a data storage device (usb stick), a central PC unit and a laptop.

A preliminary investigation into the case was carried out by the Kozani Security Department, while the arrested person with the case against him was taken to the Kozani Criminal Prosecutor’s Office.