Police arrested three people inside a large cannabis plantation in a forest area of Fthiotida prefecture in central Greece, a case the Kalamata drug squad handled.[1] The operation took place in the morning of Friday 10 July 2026 on Mount Kallidromio, with officers of the Special Suppression Anti-Terrorist Unit (EKAM) and reinforcements from the Peloponnese and Central Greece regional police taking part.[2]
The three were arrested at the plot while asleep in tents among the plants: a 50-year-old Greek national and two foreign nationals aged 33 and 38, who lacked legal residence documents.[2] The plantation covered about 25 stremmata, roughly 2.5 hectares, laid out in terraces in a cleared spot with dense natural cover, and held 4,670 cannabis plants up to about 1.8 metres tall, which police uprooted and seized.[2]
Officers also found three makeshift drying rooms, living tents, an improvised water tank for irrigation, a solar panel for power and 412 grams of cannabis.[1] Police seized a Zastava pistol, two magazines, 22 cartridges, seven mobile phones, 440 euros in cash and cultivation tools and irrigation equipment.[2] Police estimated the organisation had been growing cannabis for at least three months and that selling the plants would have earned it more than 9 million euros, a figure based on the expected profit and not a market valuation of the haul.[1]
A case file was opened against the three for forming a criminal organisation, drug-law offences and weapons offences, and against the foreign nationals for immigration offences.[2] The three were taken before the prosecutor, and the Kalamata drug squad continued the investigation.[1]
