×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Tuesday
21
Jul 2026
weather symbol
Athens 35°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> Greece

Organized Crime Unit operation for drugs at the workers’ housing in Agia Varvara (updated)

Forces from the Organized Crime Unit, together with members of EKAM and OPKE, are conducting raids on houses following intelligence about a large drug trafficking network

Newsroom May 16 07:31

Δείτε περισσότερα άρθρα μας στα αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης

Add Protothema.gr on Google

Units from the department, along with members of EKAM and OAKKE, who are present in the area, are conducting raids on houses following intelligence about a large drug trafficking network operating there.

Reports also indicate that specific Roma individuals, who are part of criminal circles, are the targets. They allegedly use the workers’ housing as a cover to distribute drugs. A significant amount of money has already been found inside a sack, and at least 10 people have been detained, with arrests expected.

Units from the Organized Crime Service, along with EKAM and OPKE officers present in the area, are executing searches based on information about a vast drug distribution network operating there.

Reports indicate that the targets are specific Roma individuals, who belong to criminal circles and use workers’ housing as a cover to distribute drugs. Police are said to have already made an unknown number of arrests.

>Related articles

Crew member among three arrested in Heraklion after 4.5 kilos of cannabis found in ferry bag

Police dismantle Mykonos drug ring that was using tourist vans to sell cocaine and cannabis

Greece’s drug-trafficking map: Cannabis and cocaine dominate as authorities raise alarm over synthetic cannabinoids

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#crime#drugs#Trafficking
> More Greece

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Latsco family office and EOS Capital acquire 30% stake in Nova ICT in partnership with Motor Oil

July 21, 2026

Where…is the share of voters who backed New Democracy in 2023 (and how does it return), ERT paid €623,000 just so we could…learn that the World Cup was on & CVC’s bargaining over Delta

July 21, 2026

“He tried to slash the woman, we heard screams”: Woman describes attack on Greek-American couple at the Acropolis

July 21, 2026

Mitsotakis signals elections in 2027 as lawmakers speculate over the date – Subtle criticism directed at Kovesi

July 21, 2026

Airbnb banned in apartment buildings where the building regulations allow residential use only

July 21, 2026

Greece: Today the worst day of the Heatwave – Which areas are expected to see rain

July 21, 2026

Crisis escalates in the Strait of Hormuz: “We hit two more tankers,” say the Revolutionary Guards

July 21, 2026

Court puts “brake” on $110 billion paramount–Warner Bros. merger

July 20, 2026
All News

> Greece

In reverence, the emotional deposition in Jerusalem, see photos & video

The Holy Temple of the Resurrection opened after many days due to the war between Israel and Iran

April 10, 2026

In the final stretch for the accreditation of joint master’s degrees: Aiming for their launch in the coming academic year

April 10, 2026

Schedule for Epitaph Procession today (10/4)

April 10, 2026

Perfect weather for Easter excursions, according to Tsatrafyllia’s forecast

April 10, 2026

Easter in Greece: The customs that continue in Greek tradition – From Nafpaktos to Corfu

April 10, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα