Athens And Saloniki This August seems to compete who will intercept more “white gold”: on El. Veniselos They seized half a ton COKIand in the port of Salonik – another 271 kilograms that went from Latin America V Aspyrgos. The Greek police cheerfully reports: millions of euros migrated from the shadow market to the statistics of drug crime.
More than half -toned Cocaineworth about 1.5 million euros, were confiscated at the International Airport Elefterios Veniselos In Athens. The drug was disguised as textiles: “Culinary set” of curtains, sheets and fabrics turned out to be much more fun – inside the boxes, a dozen svyrtki with dried leaves were hidden Khatknown as “vegetable coca.”
The catch has become the largest in the history of the airport. Earlier, 458 kg in 2014 and 34 kg in 2022 were considered a maximum. Now the score was half a ton.
– Athens News (@russianathens) August 17, 2025
Thessalonics are not far behind the capital: on August 6, 2025, police officers, having received information from British colleagues in the port of the city, calculated the container from Latin America. 271 kg was found in a specially equipped cache Cocaineworth about 5.5 million euros. Instead of immediately withdrawing the load, law enforcement officers arranged an operation of “controlled delivery” – the drugs safely reached AspyrgosWhere they were waiting for their “owners.”
On August 9, in the evening, the police covered three participants in the international group. The court authorized arrests, and during the search one of the detainees was caught with an additional dose at home. So the “Successful Business” script for them sharply changed to “prison romance”.
Greek authorities cheerfully report: cocaine for tens of millions of euros is turned into material evidence. And for the criminal world, this is an extra reminder-Greece has ceased to be a quiet transshipment point and learns to play in a large way.
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