Nine held on drug charges in Peloponnese sweep; 14.27 g of cannabis seized
Police in Argolida, Arcadia, Corinthia and Messinia arrested 21 people between 3 and 6 November 2026, nine of them on drug charges, and seized 5.87 grams of cannabis in Argolida, 8.4 grams in Corinthia and a small amount in Messinia. A Corinthia case also yielded heroin, cocaine, scales, a phone, a vehicle and 950 euros in cash.
Police in Argolida, Arcadia, Corinthia and Messinia arrested 21 people during a
sweep that ran from 3 to 6 November 2026.[1][2][3][4][5]Nine of the 21 arrests were on
drug charges: two in Argolida, three in Corinthia and three in Messinia, all of
them Greek nationals.[1][6]Police also brought 38 people in for questioning and
checked 588 people and 417 vehicles.[1][2][3][5][6]
Officers seized5.87 grams of cannabis in Argolida.[1][3][6]In Corinthia they
seized 8.4 grams of cannabis along with 24.48 grams of heroin, a small amount of
cocaine, three scales, one mobile phone, one vehicle and 950 euros in cash.[1][3]A small amount of cannabis was also seized in Messinia.[1][2][3]
The sweep was organised by the police directorates of the four regional units
under the operational planning of the General Regional Police Directorate of the
Peloponnese.[7]The suspects were to be taken to the local public prosecutors.[1][2][3]Among the other arrests in the same sweep were three people in Arcadia for
electricity theft, one for dangerous driving, an Argolida man wanted on a
Nauplio investigating judge’s warrant for human trafficking and three foreign
nationals living in the country illegally.[8]
The fourth person arrested in Messinia was held for neglecting supervision of a minor rather than a drug offence.[2]
The Argolida warrant was issued by the Nauplio investigating judge for aggravated human trafficking and dangerous bodily harm.[3]
Officers also confirmed 217 violations during the sweep.[5]Officers also solved three cases of theft and attempted theft.[5]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
21
Charged
9
Cannabis
14.27 g
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The nine people held on drug charges are counted as charged because police said they would be taken to the local prosecutors; no formal charges or court outcome were reported.
The Messinia amount of cannabis is described only as a very small quantity, so it adds nothing to the 14.27 gram total from Argolida and Corinthia.
The Corinthia seizure mixes the cannabis with heroin and cocaine, so only the separately stated 8.4 grams of cannabis is counted.
No date is given for the individual arrests beyond the sweep's 3–6 November 2026 span; 7 November 2026, the statement date, is the publication date.
The three accounts reproduce the same Peloponnese police statement and are not independent reporting.
No names, ages or nationalities beyond Greek or foreign national status were published for the drug suspects.
The amount of cannabis seized in Messinia is described only as a small quantity, so no weight can be added.
The article gives no names, ages or other identifiers for the four people arrested in Messinia.
No weight was published for either Zakynthos quantity of cannabis, which the police described only as a small quantity of raw cannabis.
The location of each Zakynthos arrest is given only as the island; no town or district was named.
Neither Zakynthos account names the prosecutor's office that received the two men or reports formal charges or a court outcome.
The article gives no separate cannabis weight, so the existing 14.27 gram cannabis total is unchanged.
The article says it was created with the site's AI mechanism and fully assembled by automated software, so figures are used only where they match the existing police-statement account.
The police statement itself is now cited, but it gives no names, ages or nationalities for the drug suspects beyond their status as Greek or foreign nationals.
The statement gives no date for the individual arrests within the 3–6 November 2026 span of the operations.
Police in Thessaloniki arrested a 21-year-old man in Neapoli on 10 November 2026 after he fled a stop in a stolen car with forged plates and crashed into a police vehicle. Officers found a small quantity of cannabis and cocaine on him and opened a case file for theft, forgery, dangerous driving and drugs-law violations.
A man was arrested in Lamia on the evening of 10 November 2026 and police seized 105 grams of raw cannabis from the car he was driving. The arrest was made by officers of the OP.DI. prevention and mediation team of the Lamia crime investigation sub-directorate, and the man was due to be taken to the Lamia first-instance prosecutor.
Greek police arrested 34 people on 10 November 2026 in a single-day operation across the Peloponnese region, nine of them on drug charges, and seized 851.56 grams of cannabis in Corinthia and Messinia. The checks, run by five regional police directorates, covered 690 people and 529 vehicles and confirmed 197 traffic violations.
Narcotics police in Pyrgos, Elis arrested two suspects under judicial warrants and identified 11 other members of a gang accused of carrying out at least 470 cannabis and cocaine deals in parks, sports facilities and schools. Searches conducted during the investigation recovered 188.7 grams of raw dried cannabis, 13.7 grams of processed cannabis paste, 80.1 grams of cocaine, weapons and 360 euros.