Two held in Athens with over 32 kg of processed cannabis
Greek police arrested two men aged 22 and 23 in Athens on 1 November 2026 and seized more than 32 kg of processed cannabis. Officers stopped one suspect in Kypseli with 590 g and found 32.32 kg in a storage apartment on Ithomis Street; both were referred to the prosecutor.
🇬🇷 Ground-floor apartment on Ithomis Street, Athens · Greece
- Arrested
- 2
- Charged
- 2
- Cannabis
- 32.91 kg
Greek police arrested two men aged 22 and 23 in Athens on 1 November 2026 on
suspicion of possessing and trafficking large quantities of processed cannabis,
commonly known as hashish.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Officers of the Narcotics Prosecution
Sub-Directorate said targeted investigations and intelligence established the
alleged operation.[1] Authorities believe the two suspects supplied drugs
across the wider Attica region.[1][7] Police said both suspects were already
known to the authorities, and officers brought the two men before the competent
public prosecutor to face charges.[1][7][2][3][4][5]
Officers stopped the 22-year-old in Kypseli and found seven paper packages
containing a total of 590 grams of processed cannabis in his possession.[1][7][2][3][4][5][6]
The 22-year-old allegedly resisted arrest by violently pushing officers, after
collecting the drugs from his 23-year-old accomplice minutes earlier to
distribute on the streets of Athens.[1]
The investigation then led officers to a ground-floor apartment on Ithomis
Street in Athens allegedly used exclusively to conceal and store drugs, where
they found the 23-year-old acting as custodian of the stash.[1][4] In the
apartment officers seized 31 airtight nylon packages, each containing ten paper
packages of processed cannabis, with a total gross weight of approximately 32
kilograms and 320 grams, some of which carried the label “DRY SiFT 2026”.[1][7][6]
Officers also seized a car, a wristwatch, two mobile phones, a precision
electronic scale, and fabric gloves and keys.[1][3] The Skai account confirms the
same operation, with the 22-year-old holding 590 grams in seven packages in
Kypseli and the second accused holding 31 sealed packages weighing 32 kilograms
and 320 grams in the stash location.[8]
According to police sources, the drugs had arrived in the country from Spain by truck.[4] Authorities estimated the expected proceeds from selling the seized substances would be at least 160,000 euros.[4]
Sources
- Police Dismantle Cannabis Distribution Operation in Athens. Greek City Times, 1 November 2026.
- Αθήνα: «Καβάτζα» με 32 κιλά «σοκολάτα» κάνναβης – Η σύλληψη στην Κυψέλη και η αντίσταση στους αστυνομικούς. pelop.gr, 1 November 2026. In Greek.
- Σύλληψη δύο ατόμων για κατοχή και διακίνηση μεγάλων ποσοτήτων κατεργασμένης κάνναβης – Κατασχέθηκαν πάνω από 32 κιλά. Focus FM, 2 November 2026. In Greek.
- «Τσάκωσαν» ισπανική κάνναβη στην Αθήνα - ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. ΤΑ ΝΕΑ, 2 November 2026. In Greek.
- Αττική: Συνελήφθησαν δύο άτομα για κατοχή και διακίνηση κάνναβης. ENIKOS, 1 November 2026. In Greek.
- Δύο συλλήψεις για κατοχή και διακίνηση κατεργασμένης κάνναβης. KontraNews, 2 November 2026. In Greek.
- Δύο συλλήψεις για κατοχή και διακίνηση κατεργασμένης κάνναβης - ertnews.gr. ertnews.gr, 1 November 2026. In Greek.
- Συνελήφθησαν δύο άτομα με 32 κιλά κατεργασμένης κάνναβης - Διακινούσαν μεγάλες ποσότητες στην Αθήνα. Skai, 1 November 2026. In Greek.
Open questions the AI reported
- The 32.91 kg figure is the sum of the two stated gross weights, 590 grams plus 32 kilograms and 320 grams, and includes packaging.
- No court outcome after referral to the prosecutor was reported.
- No street or seizure value was published.
- The ERT account calls the second location only a stash space and does not name Ithomis Street, and it does not mention the DRY SiFT 2026 labels recorded in the existing report.
- The submitted page gives only its publication date of 1 November 2026 and no separate date for the arrests and seizure.
- The submitted page calls the second location only a storage stash and does not name Ithomis Street.
- The submitted page does not mention the DRY SiFT 2026 labels, car, watch, phones, scale, gloves or keys recorded in the existing report.
- The submitted page dates the arrests to the evening of Saturday 31 October 2026, while the existing report dates them to 1 November 2026.
- The submitted page places both interceptions only in Athens and in a stash space, without naming Kypseli or Ithomis Street used in the existing report.
- The submitted page does not mention the 31 airtight nylon packages, DRY SiFT 2026 labels, or gross-weight packaging detail recorded in the existing report.
- The submitted page carries a lead image with an empty caption and credit, so whether it shows this seizure could not be established and no media entry is added.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Focus FM: A follow-up search of a stash space found the second accused holding 32,320 grams of processed cannabis on behalf of his co-accused for further distribution, and he was arrested.
- The submitted page dates the operation to Saturday afternoon and evening, while the existing report dates it to 1 November 2026.
- The submitted page says one of those arrested had previously occupied the authorities, while the existing report says both were known to the authorities.
- The page carries a lead image captioned only with the headline and no credit, so whether it shows this seizure could not be established and no media entry is added.
- The page carries a lead photo captioned only “Κάνναβη” with no credit linking it to this seizure, so no media entry is added.
- The Kontranews page gives only its publication date of 2 November 2026 and no separate date for the arrests and seizure, while the existing report dates the event to 1 November 2026.
- The page calls the second location only a stash space and does not name Ithomis Street used in the existing report.
- The page does not mention the DRY SiFT 2026 labels, car, watch, phones, scale, gloves or keys recorded in the existing report.
- The page image has an empty caption and credit and its filename indicates a generic patrol-car illustration, so whether it shows this seizure could not be established and no media entry is added.