Police in Thessaloniki arrested three people in the Dendropotamos neighbourhood around midday on 4 November 2026 in a drug-trafficking operation.[1][2][3] Those arrested were two men aged 50 and 19 and a 15-year-old girl, all Greek nationals.[4][2][3] Officers from the Narcotics Immediate Response Department stopped the 50-year-old man as he left a home where the other two were.[5] He was carrying two improvised packages holding small quantities of cocaine and unprocessed cannabis.[6][2][7]

Police then searched the home in the presence of a judicial official.[6][2][7] The search seized €390 in cash, which Thita News describes as coming from a drug sale, and two mobile phones.[5] A case file was opened against all three for violating the law on addictive substances.[6][3] They were taken before the public prosecutor, reports said.[5]