Large scale police operation in Crete which resulted in the arrest of four people (three citizens and one foreigner) who are accused of participating in a criminal organization, which is active in the cultivation of seedlings cannabis and in the trafficking of narcotic substances and for case-by-case violations of the Legislation on weaponsconcluded Monday afternoon.

The operation, according to the police, was organized and carried out after a months-long investigation, in areas of the Municipalities Apokoronou, Mylopotamos and Maleviziou and the file that has been filed includes four more people, who have been identified.

During the operation, the police in a wooded, inaccessible area of ​​the Municipality of Apokoronos, located in a specially designed area plantation where it was diligently cultivated 1,530 saplings of cannabis which were uprooted and confiscated, while a foreigner was found in the plantation and arrested.

In addition, at the same time coordinated investigations in houses, outdoor spaces, warehouses and sheepfoldsfound and confiscated, the money of 47,850 euros, 52 cannabis seedlings, 162 cannabis seeds, quantity of raw cannabis 267.4 grams, 1,012 cartridges of various caliber, a single -wing hunting gun, 5 -wheel drive, 5 firearm (rifle), firecracker with fuse, 3 precision scales, packing materials, notebook with handwritten notes and 11 mobile telephones.

In addition, 9 vehicles were confiscated as means of committing criminal acts.

Police officers from the Narcotics Prosecution Department of the Security Sub-Directorate of Heraklion participated in the operation with the assistance of police officers from the Suppressive Anti-Terrorist Unit of Crete, the Police Operations Departments of Heraklion, Chania, Rethymno, Mylopotamos and Messara, and the Heraklion Crime Prevention and Suppression Team.

The preliminary investigation is carried out by the Narcotics Prosecution Department of the Security Directorate of Heraklion.