Police in Thessaloniki arrested a 16-year-old foreign boy after he collected a mailed parcel containing cannabis.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] He is accused of violating drugs and foreigners legislation.[1][2][13][7] Officers also arrested the boy’s mother for neglecting his supervision, then released her on a prosecutor’s verbal order.[14][15][3][4][16][13][5][6][17][7][18][8][10][11][12] Police said the boy had previously faced similar offences and will be taken to the competent prosecutor.[1][2][3][4][16][13][5][6][17][7][9][10][11][12]

A controlled-delivery parcel held four nylon packs of hydroponic skunk weighing 2,080 grams gross.[1][2][3][16][13][5][19][20][17][7][18][8][9][10][11][12] With police dog VEKTOR, officers found a second parcel from a different courier firm holding 5,410 grams of the same cannabis also addressed to the boy.[1][2][4][16][13][5][20][6][17][7][18][8][10][11][12] In total officers seized 7 kilograms and 490 grams of hydroponic cannabis.[1][2][3][13][5][19][20][6][7][18][8][9][10][11][12] They also seized two mobile phones.[1][3][5][19][20][6][7][18][8][9][10][11][12]

The controlled delivery was ordered after approval by the appeals prosecutor, with the anti-drug coordination body assigning it to the North Greece organised-crime unit.[1][7][9][12] Police in Thessaloniki made the arrest on Tuesday, 3 November 2026.[14][2][4][16][19][17][7][8][12]

The controlled-delivery parcel came from the United States.[20] The arrested boy is Albanian.[20] The boy’s father is also in prison for drug trafficking.[20]