Police in the Municipality of Apokoronas, Chania, on Crete arrested a 26-year-old Greek man on the morning of 7 November 2026 after searches of his home and of storage places he used.[1][2][3][4][5] The accounts call these stores kavatzas, a Greek term for a hiding place or stash.[6][7][8][9][10] The house was a secluded one in the community of Nipos, which police said was used to store and distribute drugs[11][4][12], and a drug-detection dog took part in the search.[11][4] Before the operation officers of the Chania security police had followed the man’s movements by car, and no one else was identified during the surveillance.[12]

What was seized

The searches found 96.8 grams of cannabis, raw herb rather than resin, the only cannabis quantity the accounts give.[1][13][3][14][11][4][15][8][12][9][10] Police also seized 1 kilo and 173.1 grams of cocaine in 14 improvised packages, not counted as cannabis here.[1][13][3] Officers seized 15,500 euros that police said came from criminal activity[1][2][10], a weighing scale, three mobile phones, a private car used in the alleged crime[1], and a handwritten note listing sums of money.[4] Police said the man was suspected of receiving, holding and passing on cocaine and cannabis, possibly with unknown associates who were still being sought.[11]

Court

He was arrested under the procedure for offences caught in the act (aftoforo) and was to be taken before the competent prosecutor.[16][4][5][8] The preliminary investigation continued at the Chania drug enforcement department.[1][3][12] He was brought before the judicial authorities on Sunday 8 November 2026[17][18][10] and was granted a postponement to give his defence statement on Thursday[17][12][10] to the Chania investigating judge, the judge who leads the pretrial inquiry.[12] The police investigation continued meanwhile.[17][12]