Two coordinated police operations yesterday, in Igoumenitsa and Athens, resulted in the dismantling of a criminal organization that was active in the trafficking of raw cannabis in the city and the wider area of Igoumenitsa.
The police operations were carried out with the participation of police officers of the Igoumenitsa Security Sub-Directorate and the assistance of the police dog “Lussy” and police officers of the Drug Prosecution Sub-Directorate of the Attica Security Directorate. 9 people were arrested yesterday, while another member was arrested this morning in Igoumenitsa.
In particular, there are 9 people, including a foreigner and 1 woman, against whom a case was filed for the occasional offenses of the criminal organization, money laundering and violation of weapons law.
In addition, the same case file includes 40 people who have been identified and charged with drug supply by the organization for their own use.
Regarding its structure and mode of action, it emerged, after analysis and cross-referencing of information data, surveillance of premises and individuals and the use of special investigative methods, that its leading member was one of those arrested, who coordinated the action of the organization and we assign the roles to its members, while determining the selling price of the drugs, depending on their quality.
The role of deputy leader was also played by an detainee, who assisted the leader in the management of the organization, having under his direct control some of its members.
Characteristic of the organization was that it had a stable “clientele”, which, due to the relationships that had developed with the members of the organization, ensured confidentiality and security in the organization.
Members also used coded phrases and terminology when communicating with each other and with users, and preferred to chat through web applications rather than over the telephone.
The police investigation identified at least 112 transactions that took place in the last six months alone, and although the exact time of the organization’s start-up has not been determined, it is estimated that its profit in the last two years exceeds 75,000 euros.
As part of the investigations that followed the arrests of the members of the organization, the following were confiscated:
• 1,175.19 grams of raw hemp,
• -3- Ι.Χ.Ε. cars,
• -13- mobile phones,
• ammunition magazine and cartridge,
• -4- flares,
• -3- precision scales,
Packages, jars and scrapers with hemp residues and
• a notebook with the names of “customers” and money from sales.
The arrested will be taken to the Public Prosecutor of Thesprotia.
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