Targeted parallel operations to dismantle criminal groups of Turkish nationals were carried out on Friday, December 27, 2024, in Attica and Thessaloniki, by services of the Organized Crime Directorate

In particular, 3 searches were carried out in houses in the wider center of Athens, during which 11 people were brought in.

Of the above persons, 3. were arrested against whom a case file was filed for – as the case may be – violation of the laws on drugs and on foreigners.

Those arrested, with the files filed against them, were taken to the competent prosecutor’s office.

At the same time, as part of the same business, an inspection was carried out at a vehicle spare parts store, where 9 people, 34 vehicles and a number of spare parts were checked, in order to check their origin.

Also, 5 searches were carried out in houses in areas of Thessaloniki by police officers of the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of Northern Greece, while 3 vehicles and 10 people were checked and 9 arrested