Eight held on Lefkada catamaran; cannabis among drugs seized
Greek authorities arrested eight foreign nationals, including four Israelis, after cocaine, MDMA, cannabis, pills and cash were found aboard a catamaran near Lefkada. The Hellenic Coast Guard raided the vessel and seized cash, passports, suspected drugs and electronic devices.
Four Israelis were among eight foreign nationals arrested after Greek
authorities found cocaine, MDMA, cannabis, pills, and cash aboard a catamaran
near Lefkada.[1]The vessel was described as a party boat carrying illegal
drugs near a Greek island.[1]
The Hellenic Coast Guard raided the catamaran near the Greek island of Lefkada.[1]Officers seized cash, passports, suspected drugs, and electronic devices in
the raid.[1]
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Cash, passports, suspected drugs, and electronic devices seized by the Hellenic Coast Guard during a raid on a catamaran near the Greek island of Lefkada. Photo: Hellenic Coast Guard websitePhoto details
The captured page text gives no separate date for the raid, so the 29 July 2026 publication date stands in for the incident date.
The captured text names cannabis among the drugs found but gives no cannabis weight or form, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
This was a mixed-drug seizure also involving cocaine, MDMA, pills and cash; only the arrest count is recorded and no combined total is attributed to cannabis.
The names of the suspects, the exact charges and any court outcome were not in the captured text.
Only one opened account could be used; the Hellenic Coast Guard statement itself could not be opened and no second independent report was found.
Police in Thessaloniki arrested a 21-year-old man in Neapoli on 10 November 2026 after he fled a stop in a stolen car with forged plates and crashed into a police vehicle. Officers found a small quantity of cannabis and cocaine on him and opened a case file for theft, forgery, dangerous driving and drugs-law violations.
A man was arrested in Lamia on the evening of 10 November 2026 and police seized 105 grams of raw cannabis from the car he was driving. The arrest was made by officers of the OP.DI. prevention and mediation team of the Lamia crime investigation sub-directorate, and the man was due to be taken to the Lamia first-instance prosecutor.
Greek police arrested 34 people on 10 November 2026 in a single-day operation across the Peloponnese region, nine of them on drug charges, and seized 851.56 grams of cannabis in Corinthia and Messinia. The checks, run by five regional police directorates, covered 690 people and 529 vehicles and confirmed 197 traffic violations.
Narcotics police in Pyrgos, Elis arrested two suspects under judicial warrants and identified 11 other members of a gang accused of carrying out at least 470 cannabis and cocaine deals in parks, sports facilities and schools. Searches conducted during the investigation recovered 188.7 grams of raw dried cannabis, 13.7 grams of processed cannabis paste, 80.1 grams of cocaine, weapons and 360 euros.