Quantity – mammoth from hemp seized the police in the box dislocation Criminal organization of cultivation and trafficking in Attica and Arcadia. The amount of confiscated cannabis exceeds 1 tonne, and also seized 1,640 hemp seedlings, installation of fully equipped plantation and weapons.

Authorities arrested 6 people.

It is estimated that her illegal revenue criminal organization They reach € 8 million.

According to the announcement of the Directorate of Organized Crime, the members of the criminal organization were active in the cultivation of hemp seedlings in a fully equipped plantation, as well as the distribution of significant amounts of raw cannabis in various areas of Attica and Arcadia.

5 foreigners were arrested, members of the organization – including leadership members – aged 73, 39, 36, 35 and 34 years.
A case file was filed against them for – as a case -by -case – violations of drug and weapons laws as well as for circulation of counterfeit coins and other means of payment. In addition, a 50 -year -old alien was arrested during the investigations as he was occupied with a knife and illegally residing in the Greek territory.

It was preceded by a investigation by the Drug Enforcement Division, which revealed that the defendants had formed and joined a criminal organization. It was found that the members of the organization had developed a specific methodology of action (modus operandi) in which they chose inaccessible crop installation points, took precautionary measures and had a professional infrastructure to distribute significant amounts of raw cannabis and derivatives, as well as cocaine Ecstasy tablets, with the aim of gaining illegal revenue, estimated at at least € 8 million.

The structure of the criminal organization

The members of the organization had constant action, hierarchical structure and distinct roles: the 39-year-old, as a leader, had- among other things- coordinated the actions of the members of the organization, meeting crop needs, transporting and trafficking in drugs, finding customers.

The 36 -year -old, as the deputy, overseered the plantation, taking over the transportation of tools, materials, supplies and foods, as well as the storage of the plantation and the desire of the “workers” inside it.

The other members of the organization were tasked- in case- mainly for the finding of the storage and storage of the drugs (Kavatza) and part of the money, the safe movement of the leader of the organization, and to conceal the telephone devices for the communication of members.

From the surveys conducted in houses, as well as a rough wooded area, they found and confiscated:

  • 1.640- hemp seedlings
  • 1,161 tonnes of raw cannabis,
  • 4.3 grams of cocaine,
  • 3.5 grams of ketamine,
  • 10 grams of crystalline methamphetamine (MDMA),
  • 9 Ecstasy Drugs,
  • Equipment for cultivation of hemp seedlings, such as cutter, gloves, glasses, watering, carving, fertilizer sack, etc.
  • 2 pistols,
  • war rifle,
  • grenade,
  • knife, magazines, 134 cartridges,
  • 4 precision electronic scales,
  • 3 cars,
  • 17 mobile phones,
  • electric discharge device,
  • 12,250 euros in obviously fake banknotes and
  • 120 euros, 1,900 Albanian LEKs, Pounds 70 Pounds, US $ 22, 10 Canada and 20 Swiss francs.

The 39 -year -old has been accused, among other things, of attempted homicide, co -conspiracy robberies and has been restricted, while the 50 -year -old, for criminal organization, as well as violations of weapons, drugs and foreigners.

The detainees were taken to the competent prosecutor’s office.