23-year-old held with 4.4 kg cannabis in Thessaloniki stash house
Police arrested a 23-year-old man in eastern Thessaloniki on 12 November 2026 after finding a stash house with 4.246 kg of raw cannabis and 203 grams of processed cannabis. Scales, an air-extraction device and two phones were also seized, and the man faces a drug-trafficking case before the Thessaloniki prosecutor.
🇬🇷 eastern Thessaloniki · Greece
Arrested
1
Cannabis
4.449 kg
Agency
Polygyros Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Division
Officers of the Polygyros Crime Investigation and Prosecution Division arrested
a 23-year-old Greek man at midday on 12 November 2026 for drug trafficking and
possession.[1]The arrest followed coordinated action by the division’s Drug
Prosecution Team.[1]Officers located a house he used as a drug-storage stash,
known locally as a kavantza, in an area of eastern Thessaloniki.[1]A second
account confirms the same Thursday midday arrest in eastern Thessaloniki by the
same Polygyros unit.[2]
From the stash house police seized five packs of raw cannabis weighing 4
kilograms and 246 grams.[1]They also seized two packs of processed cannabis
weighing 203 grams.[1]Two packs of cocaine weighing 203.6 grams were seized
alongside the cannabis and are not counted in the cannabis total.[1]Police
seized one air-extraction device from the premises.[1]They seized two
precision electronic scales.[1]Two mobile phones were seized from the
arrested man himself.[1]
A case file was opened against him and he was to be brought before the
Thessaloniki First Instance Prosecutor.[1]The second outlet describes the
same Polygyros operation as an arrest for trafficking and possession of cocaine
and cannabis quantities.[3]
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Seized cannabis pictured with the report on the eastern Thessaloniki stash house.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
4.449 kg
Agency
Polygyros Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Division, Drug Prosecution Team
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (4.246 kg); Hashish (203 g)
Charge
drug trafficking and possession
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Central Macedonia
Sources
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Voria.grvoria.grELΘεσσαλονίκη: 23χρονος έστησε «καβάτζα» με πάνω από 200 γρ. κοκαΐνη και 4 κιλά κάνναβη (φωτο)
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No exact street or neighbourhood in eastern Thessaloniki was named, so the report uses the city centre coordinates.
The 203.6 grams of cocaine seized in the same stash is excluded from the cannabis weight; only the 4.246 kg of raw cannabis and 203 grams of processed cannabis are counted.
No plea, detention measure or court outcome beyond referral to the prosecutor was reported.
Police in Agrinio arrested three Greek men in separate checks and seized a total of 5.5 grams of cannabis and a metal grinder with residue. The arrests were made by OPKE and DIAS officers; no court outcome has been reported.
Two foreign men aged 31 and 44 were arrested in Ierapetra, Lasithi, after police said the older man supplied the younger with drugs for money. Officers seized 156.2 grams of hidden raw cannabis plus 20 euros, a precision scale and a phone.
Officers of Trikala's DIAS motorcycle-police unit arrested a 46-year-old man in the small hours of Friday 13 November 2026 for a violation of the narcotics laws. During a check he was found with 5.6 grams of raw dried cannabis, which officers confiscated.
Kalamata narcotics police arrested four people over dealing from a house in Agios Konstantinos Arfaron, seizing 27 g of heroin, 11.4 g of cocaine and 1.10 g of cannabis plus a scale and 495 euros. The cohabiting couple allegedly sold heroin, cocaine and raw cannabis for at least two months, while two buyers were caught with small amounts of cocaine and heroin.