Police arrested two 28-year-old twin brothers in the Municipality of Mylopotamos, Rethymno, on Crete on 5 November 2026.[1] Officers of the Mylopotamos Police Operations Department and the Rethymno Criminal Investigation Sub-Directorate searched the men’s home, their sheepfold and the surrounding area.[1] The coordinated operation was mounted for the morning of 5 November 2026 after information reached the two units.[1] The two detained men are twin brothers, Nea Kriti reported, and they were expected to be taken before the competent prosecutor.[2] Creta24 also described the men as twin brothers and dated the coordinated operation to the morning of Thursday.[3]

Officers found and seized 280 grams of cannabis, along with dried plant fragments and a mobile phone.[1][4] The brothers face charges under the drug laws and under the police ordinance on livestock theft.[1] A case file on livestock theft was opened after the men said they could not gather their flock during the check.[1][4]

The case is being handled as possession of cannabis, alongside the livestock-theft file.[1]