33-year-old arrested in Thessaloniki with cannabis and cocaine
Police in Thessaloniki arrested a 33-year-old man in the city centre on 6 November 2026 after he threw 15 packets of cocaine away and tried to flee. A search of his person and his home in Evosmos found cannabis, including a chocolate-form package, and cash linked to drug trafficking.
🇬🇷 Thessaloniki and Evosmos, Thessaloniki · Greece
Police arrested a 33-year-old man in central Thessaloniki in the early hours of
Friday 6 November 2026 during checks targeting drug trafficking.[1][2]According
to police, the man threw 15 nylon packages holding 14.71 grams of cocaine on the
ground and then tried to flee, but officers restrained him and searched him
further.[1][2]The officers who approached him were from OPKE, the Greek police’s
crime-prevention and suppression unit.[3]
A search of his person found an improvised package of unprocessed cannabis in
chocolate form, along with a sum of money that the authorities linked to drug
trafficking.[1][2]A search of his home in Evosmos, a western suburb of
Thessaloniki, found and seized a further 11.22 grams of cannabis.[1][2]Rthess
also reported that police seized 11.22 grams of cannabis at his home in the
Evosmos area of Thessaloniki.[4]
The suspect was taken to the White Tower department, where the drug case file
was drawn up, and then referred to the prosecutor’s office.[3]Officers of the
White Tower crime-investigation department filed the case against the
33-year-old and said he was expected to be taken to the competent prosecutor.[1][2]
Case data
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Neither account gives a weight for the cannabis found in chocolate form on the suspect, so no cannabis quantity beyond the 11.22 grams seized at home can be recorded.
No cash amount was published, so the money seized is not recorded as a figure.
No street value, charge sheet or court outcome was reported; the case file was still going to the prosecutor.
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.