Major police operation by the Hellenic Police is underway in Crete over drugs and illegal OPEKEPE subsidies — the four families and the phone call that exposed them

At least 20 searches in homes in Zoniana, Heraklion, and Agios Nikolaos — 15 arrests so far — Authorities were monitoring them for drugs and “caught” them trying to find animals they did not actually own but had declared in order to receive subsidies.