Greek police confiscated a total of €1,513,555 in cash, as well as some cocaine, cannabis and other drugs, from the car and home of a 34-year-old former reality TV contestant who drove through the parking gate of a courthouse in Athens on Saturday morning .
1.2 million, mostly in small bills, were found in a suitcase the man kept in his car, and another 300,000 euros were subsequently seized during a search of his home in the southern Athens suburb of Iliupoli.
Shortly after he crashed into the parking lot of the Court of Appeal in Athens, a man who was a contestant on Greek Idol in 2010 approached a police officer and said he wanted to turn himself in: drugs and explosives“.
First, bomb disposal experts checked the car for explosives. Then the drug enforcement officers got down to business and found about 1.2 million euros in the suitcase and some cocaine in the car. A search of the man’s house in the Athens district of Iliupoli brought the police another 300,000 euros, plus other evidence.
In total, the police seized: 1,513,555 euros and 336 US dollars, 275 g of cocaine, 495.5 g of processed and 0.7 g of raw cannabis, 37.9 g of methamphetamine, 131 ecstasy tablets, a car, a stun gun, 267 taser cartridges , safe, 4 homemade nylon bags and 4 mobile phones.
Speaking to the media, his lawyer said the man admits he was under the influence of drugs and that the money are not a product of illegal trade. “Money has nothing to do with drugs, it’s savings and family assets,” his lawyer said. cnngreece.
The man was brought before the prosecutor, who ordered his hospitalization in a psychiatric clinic for examination. The police find out the source of the money.
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