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.
🇬🇷 Igoumenitsa, Thesprotia, Epirus · Greece
Arrested
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Cannabis
86.438 kg
Police of the Drug Pursuit Division of the Igoumenitsa Sub-directorate of
Pursuit and Investigation of Crimes found a large quantity of drugs early in the
morning in Igoumenitsa, blocking its further transport.[1]A foreign national
was arrested in connection with the case, against whom a felonyindictment was
opened.[1]As part of targeted checks, the officers stopped a small car that
the foreign woman was driving and that she owned, inside which they found 80
bundles of raw cannabis, totalling 86 kg438 g.[1]The drugs and the car were
confiscated, and the detainee is expected to be brought to the Thesprotia First
Instance Magistrate’s Office.[1]
The arrested driver of the car was a 31-year-old foreign national.[2]The
cannabis was packaged into 80 bundles that were found inside the woman’s car
during a targeted check.[2]
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.
Aspropyrgos crime-squad officers raided two apartments in Drapetsona on 25 October 2026 and arrested a couple and a relative, seizing 907 g of raw and 206 g of processed cannabis along with cocaine, MDMA, a pistol and scales; a case file went to the prosecutor.