The eight arrested for loading 100kg of cocaine, which was seized in a container with bananas from Ecuador and Colombia, last week in Thessaloniki and Veria, were released without any restrictions. After a 17-hour marathon process, which started at 8 in the morning and ended after midnight, the 4th Special Drug Investigator of Thessaloniki and the Public Prosecutor of the Criminal Court unanimously decided that everyone should be released without any restrictive conditions. Among the accused are the owner of the fruit trading company, 3 employees of the company, 3 customs agents and 1 driver.
In their apologies, the defendants denied any connection to the case, stating ignorance of the contents of the container. The cargo had arrived at the port of Thessaloniki, on a route from Malta. It was located with the assistance of a specially trained dog and then placed under discreet surveillance. Eventually, his transfer to company premises was established located outside Veria. The arrests of the 8 persons involved followed by order of the Prosecutor.
Statement by Sakis Kechagioglou, ombudsman and other defendants
“The unanimous decision to release him without any restrictive conditions, my client, Nikolaos Negas, a prominent businessman in Veria in the fruit trade sector, showed that the Judicial Officers found that there is no evidence of guilt for the most serious charges against him. . The same 7 defendants ended up in the same crisis.
This decision is a triumph of the presumption of innocence that must be recognized to every accused. It also proves convincingly that when Judges have the courage to judge only in their conscience, without being influenced by the gravity of the charges and the surrounding atmosphere, then the winner in the end is always Justice itself.
Finally, I consider it imperative to point out and highlight the decisive contribution to the defense of the accused, the selected lawyers of Veria and Thessaloniki, Nikos Bizakis, Costas Giovanopoulos and George Farmakis. “
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