Police arrested a man in Ilia after finding 102 cannabis plants in two greenhouses and seizing 50.03 kilograms of dried cannabis.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Officers arrested a Greek suspect in the Ilia farming region of the western Peloponnese on Saturday while he was tending the plantation.[1][8][14] The man was detained on cultivation and drug-possession charges.[2][3][4][5][7][9][12] The arrested man is to be brought before the Ilia Court of First Instance prosecutor while the Ilida crime-investigation department continues its inquiries.[2][3][4][8][9][11]

Police say the suspect was growing 102 cannabis plants up to 2.5 meters high inside two greenhouses.[1][7] Officers found 50 kilograms and 30 grams of raw dried cannabis and plant fragments, 102 cannabis plants and a precision scale.[2][3][4][6][8][9][10][13][14] Police described the greenhouse growing as large-scale cultivation with a view to trafficking the drug.[1] A search of an adjacent storeroom also revealed precision scales for measuring small quantities of the drug for retail sale.[1]

Officers found the accused on an agricultural plot where he cultivated Indian-cannabis plants in the two greenhouses and hid drug quantities and a scale in a neighbouring storeroom.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][12][13][14]

Of the 102 cannabis plants, 21 had already been harvested.[8][12][13][14]

The 40-year-old Greek suspect testified before the Amaliada investigating judge and was ordered provisionally detained with the agreement of the prosecution authority.[13][14] The suspect is a 40-year-old Greek man arrested for cultivating a large cannabis plantation and holding significant drug quantities in the Andravida area.[13][14]

Officers of the Ilida Crime Investigation and Clearance Department arrested a[15][18] Greek man in Ilia at midday on 31 October 2026.[15][18]