A 48 -year -old national was arrested on Tuesday 08.04.2025 as a member of the operationally structured, with constant action and international character, a criminal organization, active in the introduction, distribution and delivery quantities of cocaine coming from Latin America, in Greece through the port of Piraeus.
Specifically, in the context Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Piraeus Public Prosecutor’s Office, executives of the Drugs and Smuggling Directorate of the LS-ELAKT Headquarters. (DIGINAL) and the Drug Prosecution Group (POPE) of the Central Port Authority of Piraeus were carried out on 08.04.2025 at the arrest of the 48 -year -old domestic for breach of provisions of Law 4193/13 “On Addictive Substances” and Article 187.
From data analysis it results in that this criminal organization between drugs which has introduced to our country, for further trafficking, is also a quantity of fifty two -pounds and seven hundred grams of cocaine (52,730g), distributed in forty -five (45) plastic packages, found and seized at 28.11.11.2024. From the Quayaquil of Ecuador and the final destination is the port of Piraeus.
The 48 -year -old arrested, already temporarily prisoner at the Korydallu detention facility For another case of drug trafficking, taking advantage of the duties assigned to him as an employee of the container station in the port of Piraeus, he operated within the criminal organization facilitating the recovery of drugs placed in containers.
Investigations to identify other members of the criminal organization They are in progress, in which official information channels have been activated with authorities inside and outside the borders. It is noted that the value of the aforementioned drug seized exceeds € 2,200,000.