The Hellenic Coast Guard seized an estimated 6.5 tonnes of cannabis from a hidden compartment on the tug Andreas L off Crete, along with about 258,000 stimulant pills; the investigation was ongoing.
🇬🇷 Off Agia Galini, south coast of Crete · Greece
The Hellenic Coast Guard apprehended the tug Andreas L in the waters off Crete and found an estimated 6.5 tonnes of cannabis in a hidden compartment.[1][2] About 258,000 pills of the banned stimulant fenethylline were found in the same compartment, and the vessel was held at the small port of Agia Galini.[2]
The coast guard said the investigation was ongoing and gave no further details.[2] The same tug had been caught in December 2017 with 10 tonnes of hashish aboard.[1]
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