Greek police arrested twelve people over the last three days in the Central Greece region during systematic anti-drug checks.[1][2] According to the Hellenic Police, nine of those arrested were Greek nationals and three were foreign nationals.[1][3][2] The twelve arrests came in eleven separate cases.[1][2]

Four of the arrests were in Boeotia, made by officers of the B1 OPKE of the Thebes crime investigation and detection department, the unit Hellenic Police calls its crime prevention and suppression team.[4][2] The other arrests were four in Fthiotida, two in Fokida and two on Evia.[5] The Fthiotida arrests were made by the Lamia drugs squad, which made three, and by the OPKE of the Lamia crime investigation subdirectorate, which made one.[6][2] In Fokida the two arrests were made by officers of the A OPKE of the Amfissa-Delphi crime unit, the Fokida mobile police unit and the B OEPTA of the Amfissa-Delphi traffic police.[6][2] On Evia the two arrests were made by the DIAS rapid-response unit and the OP.DI. prevention and mediation group of Chalkida.[6][2]

During the checks police seized quantities of cocaine and raw cannabis, four cannabis grinders and two precision scales.[1][2] The arrests were made by various police services of Central Greece as part of daily prevention and enforcement work against drug-related offending.[1][2] The General Regional Police Directorate of Central Greece said the checks would continue, with emphasis on protecting the public and young people.[1][2] Asopichos.gr reported that the cocaine and cannabis were seized in the eleven separate cases.[6]

The Fokida arrests were made by officers of the A OPKE of the Amfissa-Delphi crime unit, the Fokida mobile police unit and the B OEPTA of the Amfissa-Delphi traffic police.[3] The twelve arrests came in eleven separate cases, and the LamiaNow.gr account says the Fokida pair were found by the mobile police unit working with the traffic police.[4]