18-year-old arrested in Nafplio after throwing cannabis to the ground
Police in Nafplio arrested an 18-year-old Greek man on 8 November 2026 after he threw a small quantity of cannabis to the ground as officers approached. The cannabis was seized and the Nafplio crime subdirectorate is handling the preliminary investigation.
Police in Nafplio arrested an 18-year-old Greek man on the afternoon of 8
November 2026.[1][2][3]Officers of the Argolida motorcycle patrol group (DIAS),
part of the Argolida traffic police, made the arrest.[4]Seeing the officers,
the man threw a small quantity of cannabis to the ground.[1][2][3]Police seized the
cannabis.[1][2][3]
The Nafplio Subdirectorate for the Suppression and Investigation of Crimes is
conducting the preliminary investigation.[1][2][3]Argolida24 and Argolikes Eidiseis
carried the same police announcement, with Argolikes Eidiseis describing the
amount only as a quantity of cannabis rather than a small quantity.[5]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The weight of the small quantity of cannabis was not published, so no kg_seized figure is recorded.
Only one outlet describes the amount as a small quantity; Argolikes Eidiseis calls it simply a quantity of cannabis.
No charge, prosecutor's referral, court date or outcome was reported; the case is at the preliminary investigation stage.
The article names no street or neighbourhood in Nafplio where the arrest took place.
All three accounts reproduce the same police announcement and are not independent reporting; no police statement page was opened.
Anagnostis reproduces the same police announcement as the outlets already cited, so it is not independent reporting.
As before, no weight for the cannabis, charge, or court outcome was published.
Hmerisia Korinthou reproduces the same police announcement as the outlets already cited and is not independent reporting.
Its lead photograph is credited only as from the internet and was uploaded to the site in 2021, so it is a generic cannabis image that cannot be linked to this arrest.
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