Ten arrested at OAKA stadium checks, seven with cannabis
Checks outside the OAKA stadium in Marousi before a Panathinaikos football match ended with ten arrests; seven of those held were carrying small quantities of cannabis and three had laser devices and a flare. Police filed cases under the drug, fireworks, weapons and sports-violence laws and sent them to a prosecutor.
🇬🇷 OAKA stadium, Marousi, North Athens, Attica · Greece
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Arrested
10
Agencies
Hellenic Police (ΕΛ.ΑΣ.), Subdirectorate for the Suppression and Investigation of Crimes of Northeastern Attica +1
Police arrested ten people at the OAKA sports complex in Marousi during checks
held for a football match on the night of Thursday 5 November 2026.[1][2]Those
arrested were aged from 17 to 33, and the checks formed part of the measures for
holding the match smoothly and preventing sports violence.[1][2]
Checks carried out outside the stadium before kick-off found seven of those
arrested carrying small quantities of cannabis.[3]Seven of those arrested
were found with small quantities of cannabis in body searches outside the
stadium gates before kick-off.[1]The other three were found with three laser
devices and one flare, some of which police say were used inside the stadium.[1]The arrests were made outside the stadium before kick-off.[4]
The Subdirectorate for the Suppression and Investigation of Crimes of
Northeastern Attica and the OAKA police station opened cases for breaking, as
applicable, the laws on drugs, on fireworks and flares, on weapons, and on
violence at sports venues.[1]The case files were sent to the competent public
prosecutor.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
10
Agencies
Hellenic Police (ΕΛ.ΑΣ.); Subdirectorate for the Suppression and Investigation of Crimes of Northeastern Attica; OAKA Police Station
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession
Setting
Street or public place
Charges
violating the drug legislation; violating fireworks and flare legislation; violating weapons legislation; violating legislation against violence at sports venues
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The police statement on astynomia.gr could not be opened (the page returned an access error), so the account rests on news reports of the same announcement.
No weight was given for the cannabis, only that the quantities were small, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
The date of the incident comes from the police announcement as quoted, but the reports are dated 6 and 7 November 2026 for the overnight checks.
The number of people charged under the drug law specifically, as opposed to the other offences, was not stated.
No court outcome was reported; the case files had only been sent to the public prosecutor when the reports were published.
The agency photograph published with the Dnews report shows a police scene and is not established to depict these arrests, so it is not linked.
This outlet gives no weight for the cannabis and, unlike the earlier reports, does not say how many of the ten were held over cannabis.
The lead image is a stock police-car picture captioned to Agios Dimitrios, not the OAKA checks, so it is not linked.
No charges or court step are reported; the outlet says only that possible charges would be announced later.
Left out arrested, as no supporting quotation was given.
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