Dislocated from the Building Security Department of the Attica Security Directorate criminal organization active in drug trafficking in the area of ​​Megara, Attica.

In the context of an organized police operation carried out by the above service with the assistance of police officers of the Western Attica Security Sub-Directorate, OPKE. and police dogs, yesterday morning (13/2) in Megara Attica, 5 members of the organization, aged 30, 35, 44 and 52, were arrested and a case file was filed against them – as the case may be – for drug trafficking and money laundering activities and violation of arms laws.

Litigation was formed at the expense of other 4 members of the organization for drug trafficking, who are wanted.

Her action

During last June, the activity of another criminal organization was dismantled by this agency, which after the ongoing investigation and the further analysis of information data and evidence emerged that it was operating on behalf of the said criminal organization, whose activity extends several years earlier and its leader is the 30-year-old.

During the preliminary investigation, it emerged that this is a criminal group organized according to the standards of a foreign organization, thereby maintaining impenetrability, credibility and internal stability.

The members of the organization engaged in the trafficking of narcotics, mainly cocaine, with the aim of obtaining illegal financial benefits, which were legalized through businesses maintained by some of the members.

In order to dominate the regional markets and eliminate competition, they developed partnerships and a common methodology of action with other people in the region, having a common “price list” and “clientele”.

Specifically, in terms of their operating methodology, the members communicated through online applications, maintaining short conversations and using pseudonyms in order to limit the risk of detection.

They stored the narcotic substances in “cabinets” that they maintained, while the concealment of the substances was undertaken by third parties who were not involved in further trafficking.

In addition, they procured the narcotics from various individuals, in controlled quantities in order to maintain control and reduce the chances of detection.

The transactions

The transactions were carried out in the following ways: by direct collection from their residences, near them as well as from the shops they maintain, by delivery from their places of residence (shops, other people’s houses, etc.), by delivery from pre-agreed points (delivery ) and with receipt from the “kavantzes” that concealed the quantities.

Payment for the supply of the drugs was made in cash, wire transfers, payments through POS machines at the businesses they held or material rewards.

They still gave discounts and credits to “good customers”, while being especially threatening to those who were not consistent in their payments.

What did the investigations find?

In the context of the same operation, in searches carried out in their possession, in houses and businesses in the wider area of ​​Megara, among other things, the following were found and confiscated:

  • -219.07- grams cocaine,
  • -180- gr. cannabis,
  • medicinal tablets,
  • the sum of -22,460.5- euros and -50- British pounds,
  • air pistol,
  • -3- cars,
  • -2- motorcycles,
  • -8- mobile phones,
  • -3- precision electronic scales,
  • passbooks and bank cards,
  • handwritten notes.

The arrested persons were taken to the Criminal Prosecutor of Athens.