39-year-old held on Lesvos with 8.5 kg of hashish found in truck and homes
Drug officers on Lesvos arrested a 39-year-old Greek man on 7 November 2026 after finding about 1,035 grams of cannabis in his truck on the Mytilene–Kalloni road, 7,493 grams in his home and 4 grams in a Plomari house. The total is about 8.5 kilograms, and police also seized a scale, a knife, a phone and the truck under a drugs and weapons case.
🇬🇷 Mytilene, Lesvos · Greece
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Arrested
1
Vehicles confiscated
1
Agency
Τμήμα Δίωξης Ναρκωτικών της Υποδιεύθυνσης Δίωξης και Εξιχνίασης Εγκλημάτων Μυτιλήνης
Drug officers in Mytilene arrested a 39-year-old Greek man on Saturday 7 November 2026 on suspicion of
possessing and traffickingnarcotic substances and of breaking the weapons laws.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Officers stopped him as he drove a light truck on the Mytilene–Kalloni road and found a nylon package
holding about 1,035 grams of unprocessed cannabis, called hashish in the official statement, in a space
inside the vehicle.[1][3][4][5]A search of his home in the wider Mytilene area, in the presence of a
judicial officer, found seven more nylon packages of cannabis weighing 7,493 grams in all and ten packages
with cannabis residues.[1][3][4][5]LesvosPost placed that search at Halikas, a district of Mytilene.[2]In
a second house in the wider Plomari area, officers seized about 4 grams of cannabis and a precision
electronic scale.[1][3][4][5][7][6]
Officers also seized a knife and a mobile phone he had with him, and the light truck as the means used in
the offences.[1][2][3][4][5]Police said their investigation indicated he held the drugs to supply them to
others for money, and a criminal case file was opened against him.[1][3][4]The investigation was carried
out by the Drug Prosecution Department of the Mytilene Subdivision for Prosecution and Clearance of
Crimes.[1][3][4][5]
Photos and video
Police handout photo of the seized packages of unprocessed cannabis laid out on the ground with a mobile phone and other items. Photo: Hellenic PolicePhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Vehicles confiscated
1
Agency
Τμήμα Δίωξης Ναρκωτικών της Υποδιεύθυνσης Δίωξης και Εξιχνίασης Εγκλημάτων Μυτιλήνης
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish (8.532 kg)
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Vehicle, Home
Charges
possession and trafficking of narcotic substances; violation of the weapons legislation
Case stage
Under investigation
Force
No force reported
Region
North Aegean
Sources
Lesvosnews.netlesvosnews.netEL«Μπλόκο» σε 39χρονο με πάνω από 8,5 κιλά χασίς – Τον σταμάτησαν στον δρόμο Μυτιλήνης–Καλλονής και βρήκαν την κρυψώνα!
LesvosPost.comlesvospost.comELΣυναγερμός στη Μυτιλήνη: Σύλληψη 39χρονου στον Χάλικα με περισσότερα από 8,5 κιλά χασίς – Κατασχέθηκαν ζυγαριά και μαχαίρι
No charge sheet, prosecutor decision, detention order or court outcome was reported; the case file was the only step published.
The cannabis is described only as unprocessed cannabis (hashish); no cannabis resin product or THC analysis is reported.
The police statement says the total is more than 8.5 kg, while StoNisi adds the three amounts to about 8,532 g excluding the residues, and the individual weights are given as approximate.
The main house search is described only as in the wider Mytilene area; LesvosPost names Halikas, a Mytilene district, which the police statement does not confirm.
Only one photograph is published with the accounts and it is an uncaptioned police handout of the seized packages; no credit line states who took it.
All three accounts reproduce the same Hellenic Police press release, so they are not independent reporting; the police page itself could not be opened.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in StoNisi.gr: The cannabis taken from the truck, the Mytilene house and the Plomari house comes to about 8.532 kilograms, a total StoNisi calculated from the police statement and which excludes the residues.
Left out kg seized, as its quotation was not found in StoNisi.gr.
Left out sites, as its only supporting source is not cited by the report's text.
The page carries no text beyond the police release and does not name the district of the main house search, so it neither confirms nor rules out the Halikas location given by LesvosPost.
Lykavitos, like the three earlier accounts, reproduces the Hellenic Police press release, so it is not independent reporting of the case.
The stopped-vehicle passage says the package was found in the vehicle but not where inside it, so the modelling of a hidden space rests on the police statement wording quoted by other outlets.
The Lykavitos page gives no date for the arrest beyond 'yesterday' (χθες) in an article published on 8 November 2026, consistent with 7 November.
Pieria24 describes the article as generated by an automated AI system and refers readers to the astynomia.gr announcement, so it reproduces the North Aegean Hellenic Police release rather than reporting independently.
The page identifies the second house only as being in the wider Plomari area, with no address or district named.
The page gives no date for the arrest beyond its 8 November 2026 publication date, and no prosecutor decision, detention order or court outcome.
AlphaTV reproduces the same Hellenic Police press release as the outlets already cited, so it is not independent reporting of the case.
AlphaTV gives no date for the arrest beyond the 'Saturday' in its text, with a 9 November 2026 publication date, consistent with 7 November.
Focus FM reproduces the Hellenic Police press release, like the outlets already cited, so it is not independent reporting of the case.
The page gives no date for the arrest beyond its 9 November 2026 publication date, and reports no prosecutor decision or court outcome.
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