Case file for criminal organizationas well as for violating the legislation for the National Customs Code and Organization of Petroleum Marketwas formed by the Northern Greece Organized Crime Crime Division two 46 -year -olds and a 41 -year -old who made smuggling of ethyl alcohol and energy drinks.
Police, in cooperation with the relevant AADE services and the Bulgarian authorities, have found that the detainees were joined by a criminal organization at least since February.
According to a police statement, the 46 -year -old had purchased a property – a warehouse located in a agricultural area of Thessaloniki with limited traffic of people and vehicles to be used as a storage area for their further distribution. The other 46 -year -old owned his ownership of the transportation of the product transportation, and for these needs, a manual pallet and a reposit machine were still used for these needs.
The 41 -year -old rented the above irregular warehouse through a private contract in Bulgaria. At the same time, he was found to be a person with a “barbarian” profile, as he owns the owner- manager of a total of 97- companies of various forms.
In investigations conducted in the warehouse in the morning of July 14 with the assistance of the Customs Audit Service (ELYT) of Thessaloniki and the Central Macedonia Chemical Service, a total of found and confiscated:
-50 plastic pallets of a capacity of each -liters of each, containing ethyl alcohol, totaling 48,450 liters, of which 29 were found in the standing trailers,
-37 1000 -liter plastic pallets each, containing energy -like energy products, totaling 35,250 liters, lifting machine -Clark, manual pallet and liquid fuel.
The expected profit of the members of the criminal organization both by the non -payment of the corresponding borrower charges corresponding to the amounts of the above products and the profit of their commercial value exceeds EUR 1,500,000.
From the 3rd Customs Office The process of reappearing the confiscated quantities of energy products in a company took place, the seized quantities of ethyl alcohol were transferred for storage, while other seized items were transferred to the First Customs Office of Thessaloniki (ODDY Warehouses). The case file was submitted to the competent Public Prosecutor’s Office.