Coast Guard seized 368 kg of cannabis in October 2026 roundup
The Hellenic Coast Guard said its drug units handled 23 cases and made 23 arrests in October 2026, seizing 367.9 kg of raw cannabis, 462.4 g of processed cannabis and 79 seedlings. The monthly tally also lists cocaine and other drugs, which are not counted in the cannabis figures.
The headquarters of the Hellenic Coast Guard published its detailed operational
tally for October 2026 through its directorates for maritime-border security and
drug and contraband enforcement.[1]In drug enforcement, Coast Guard units
handled 23 cases and arrested 23 people during October 2026.[1]
Officers seized367,883.9 grams of raw cannabis and 462.4 grams of processed
cannabis.[1]They also seized 79 cannabis seedlings, along with 10 grams of
seeds and three hand-rolled cigarettes.[1]A second account of the same
monthly Coast Guard figures reports about 368 kilograms of raw cannabis, 462.4
grams of processed cannabis and 79 seedlings.[2]
The same drug operation also seized 20.4264 kilograms of cocaine, plus 44.4
grams of pink cocaine and 86.7 grams of methamphetamine with 3 grams of crystal
methamphetamine.[1]It additionally seized 392 grams of codeine, 166.8 grams
of MDMA with 95 Ecstasy tablets, 159.8 grams of ketamine with sedative tablets,
and LSD with hallucinogenic mushrooms.[1]The tally covers only incidents
handled exclusively by the local port authorities.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
23
Plants destroyed
79
Cannabis
368.3463 kg
Agency
Hellenic Coast Guard
Agency type
Coast guard
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (368.3463 kg); Living plants (79 plants)
The monthly figures give no breakdown of the cannabis or the arrests by individual case.
31 October 2026 is used as the period-end date for the October 2026 tally, published on 12 and 14 November 2026.
The cannabis total combines 367.8839 kg of raw and 0.4624 kg of processed cannabis, while cocaine and other drugs in the same tally are excluded from the cannabis figures.
No court outcomes for the 23 arrested people were reported.
Both accounts reproduce the Coast Guard headquarters monthly statement rather than independent reporting.
On 13 November 2026, police in Igoumenitsa, Epirus, seized 86.438 kg of raw cannabis (80 bundles) from a car driven by a 31-year-old foreign woman, and also seized the car. She was arrested and a felony complaint was opened; she is expected to be brought before the Thesprotia prosecutor.
Police in Kastoria arrested a 34-year-old Greek woman and a 38-year-old foreign man after stopping their car on the evening of 10 November 2026 and finding 18.8 kg of raw cannabis in two travel bags. A felony trafficking case file was opened against both, and they were due to appear before the Kastoria prosecutor.
Greek drug-enforcement and airport customs officers seized 207.466 kg of raw cannabis from 48 boxes on two pallets in a temporary storage warehouse at Athens airport. The pallets had arrived by air from Thailand declared as clothing, and police put the expected gain from further trafficking at about 1 million euros.
The General Regional Police Directorate of Thessaly said its services made 465 arrests in October 2026, 79 of them for drugs offences, and seized 129.01 grams of cannabis and 14 cannabis plants. Its monthly roundup also lists individual cannabis cases in Volos, Larisa and the Trikala area, alongside cocaine, heroin, weapons and cash seizures.
