Two arrested in Kastoria with 18.8 kg of cannabis in their car
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.
Narcotics officers arrested a 34-year-old Greek woman and a 38-year-old foreign
man in the Kastoria area on the evening of 10 November 2026 on suspicion of drug
trafficking.[1][2]The two were in a car that police stopped because it was
moving suspiciously, with the woman driving and the man in the passenger seat.[3][4][2]In the back of the car, officers found two travel bags holding 18 packages
of raw cannabis with a total gross weight of 18 kg800 g.[3][4][2]Police seized the
car used to carry the drugs, two mobile phones and two SIM cards.[1][4][2]
A felony case file was opened against both suspects, who were expected to be
taken before the prosecutor at the Kastoria Court of First Instance.[1][4][2]The
investigation was handled by the Kastoria Narcotics Enforcement Department
within the Kastoria Subdirectorate for the Detection and Investigation of Crime,
whose officers had gathered information in operations against drug import and
trafficking.[5][2]
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Source: ertnews.grThe car in which the two suspects were carrying the two travel bags of cannabis.Photo details
The Hellenic Police's own video of the arrest of two people in Kastoria for trafficking a quantity of cannabis, embedded in the account of the 10 November 2026 car stop. Video: Ελληνική Αστυνομία – Hellenic Police (YouTube). Source: Ελληνική Αστυνομία - Hellenic Police
Case data
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Arrested
2
Cannabis
18.8 kg
Vehicles confiscated
1
Agency
Kastoria Narcotics Enforcement Department
Agency type
Police, Anti-narcotics agency
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (18.8 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Vehicle
Charge
drug trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Kastoria
Sources
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