A prison officer was arrested yesterday afternoon by police officers of the Narcotics Prosecution Sub-Directorate of the Attica Security Directorate, who, taking advantage of his official capacity, attempted to smuggle raw cannabis and mobile phones into Korydallos prisons. for the purpose of their further distribution. In addition, a case was filed against him for violation of the arms legislation.

In particular, according to ELAS, following information about the imminent introduction of narcotics into the prisons, via an official food transport truck, a police operation was organized using special drug detection devices and with the assistance of a police dog. During the operation, a double-bottomed cooking pot was located in the service van containing: 6 improvised nylon packages, containing raw cannabis with a total net weight of 557 grams, 9 mobile telephone devices, 10 charging adapters and 17 mobile phone charging cables.

In subsequent searches of the defendant’s house, a folding butterfly knife and an iron fist were found and confiscated. The confiscated items will be sent to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for laboratory tests, while the arrested person, with the case file against him, was taken to the competent prosecuting authority.