He was dismantled by Attica Security, a criminal organization that was active in drug trafficking in areas of Attica.

In the context of an organized police operation with the assistance of police officers from the Megareo and Aspropyrgos Security Departments, OPKE. and a police dog, on the morning of July 19 in Markopoulo, Attica, 4 members of the organization were arrested – 3 foreigners, aged 31, 43 and 55, and a 29-year-old Greek.

A case file was filed against them – on a case-by-case basis – for violating the legislation on addictive substances and on weapons.

According to ELAS, during the preliminary investigation it emerged that this is a criminal group with continuous activity, a hierarchical structure and distinct roles among its members, which engaged in the trafficking of narcotic substances, mainly cocaine and cannabis, in various areas of Attica.

In terms of their operational methodology, the members of the organization communicated mainly through online applications, avoiding mentioning their names in conversations in order to make it difficult to identify them, while they used code names for the narcotics they trafficked.

Regarding the roles of its members:

  • the 43-year-old, was the leading member, who made every decision related to the organization, while being informed before any action was taken by the other members,
  • the 31-year-old, as a key member of the organization, replaced the 43-year-old where necessary, while maintaining a legitimate business that the organization used for membership gatherings and decision-making,
  • the 55-year-old was in charge of drug trafficking and communication with the “clients”, faithfully following the instructions of the leading members of the organization and
  • the 29-year-old was supplied by the above and trafficked quantities of cocaine, while he trafficked additional quantities of cannabis.
  • As part of the same operation, in searches carried out in their possession, in houses and in a shop in the area of ​​Markopoulos, among other things, they found and confiscated:
  • 70.66 grams cocaine,
  • 269.8 grams cannabis,
  • shotgun,
  • 2 pistols,
  • revolver,
  • air gun and knife,
  • 84 cartridges,
  • the sum of 8,420 euros, 52 dollars, 500 Swedish pounds and 1,600 Albanian Lek,
  • 2 scales,
  • 9 mobile phones and
  • 8 cars they used for their transport

As noted by ELAS, the 29-year-old had been of concern to the authorities in the past, as a member of another criminal organization that committed fraud and computer fraud.

The arrested were taken to the Criminal Prosecutor of Athens.