Greek Police Dismantle Major Drug Trafficking Operation (VIDEO)

by · Greek City Times

Greek police have dismantled a criminal organisation that distributed drugs through a network of 12 residential properties in Zefyri, western Attica, arresting 36 people during a large-scale operation on 7 November.

According to the Hellenic Police (ELAS), a months-long investigation by the Western Attica Sub-Directorate for Combating and Solving Crimes established that the network had operated since at least May 2026, using the 12 properties as coordinated drug distribution points.

Investigators identified 396 separate drug trafficking transactions involving people who visited the properties to purchase illegal substances.

Police officers from the Western Attica crime unit and several local departments carried out the operation with support from the Special Crime Prevention and Suppression Teams (OPKE), the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (EKAM) and the DIAS motorcycle police unit. A police dog and drone also assisted the operation.

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Officers arrested 36 people and filed charges, depending on each suspect’s alleged involvement, for establishing and participating in a criminal organisation for drug trafficking, receiving and distributing criminal proceeds, and weapons law violations.

Investigators established that prospective buyers contacted members of the organisation before visiting the properties to purchase drugs. In one indication of the network’s activity, police stopped 24 people leaving the properties and arrested them for drug possession.

Security Measures and Police Seizures

The organisation had established extensive security and counter-surveillance measures to protect its operations.

Members installed security doors, high walls, metal gates fitted with barbed wire and surveillance cameras. They also monitored the surrounding areas and concealed drugs in nearby uncovered spaces and vacant plots.

During searches of the 12 properties, police seized:

  • 95 grams of heroin.
  • 20 grams of cocaine.
  • 46 grams of an unidentified white powder.
  • 47 cartridges of ammunition.
  • 18 surveillance cameras and four recording systems.
  • Five precision electronic scales.
  • One air pistol.
  • Handwritten notes.
  • One set of brass knuckles.
  • Five mobile phones.

Police escorted all 36 suspects before the competent public prosecutor.

(Source: AMNA)

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