21-year-old arrested in Thessaloniki chase with cannabis and cocaine
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.
Officers arrested a 21-year-old Greek man in Neapoli in the early hours of 10
November 2026 after a chase that began in Ampelokipoi.[1]Officers spotted him
travelling with an accomplice in a car in Ampelokipoi and he sped off when they
signalled him to stop.[1]During the pursuit he made dangerous manoeuvres and
damaged the Oraiokastro toll barrier.[1]The car was stopped in Neapoli after
hitting a police vehicle and two parked vehicles.[1]
Officers found a small quantity of cannabis and cocaine in his possession.[1]Voria likewise reports that the 21-year-old arrested at dawn on Tuesday 10
November in Neapoli had a small quantity of cannabis and cocaine.[2]Police
found the car had been stolen in Ampelokipoi the previous month and carried
visibly forged plates.[1]
The Ampelokipoi-Menemeni crime-detection department opened a case file against
him for theft, forgery, dangerous driving, damage to another person’s property,
disobedience and violation of the drugs law.[1]He was to be taken to the
competent prosecutor.[1]Law & Order confirms the 21-year-old was to be taken
to the competent prosecutor.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency
Hellenic Police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession
Setting
Vehicle
Charge
theft, forgery, dangerous driving, damage to another person's property, disobedience and violation of the drugs law
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Thestivalthestival.grELΘεσσαλονίκη: Με κοκαΐνη και χασίς ο 21χρονος που είχε κλεμμένο αυτοκίνητο και συνελήφθη με κινηματογραφικό τρόπο
Voria.grvoria.grELΚάνναβη και κοκαΐνη στην κατοχή του 21χρονου που άλωσε με κλεμμένο όχημα περιοχές στη δυτική Θεσσαλονίκη
Law & Orderlawandorder.grELΘεσσαλονίκη: Συνελήφθη 21χρονος μετά από καταδίωξη με κλεμμένο αυτοκίνητο – Είχε κάνναβη και κοκαΐνη
Open questions the AI reported
No weight was published for the cannabis or the cocaine, described only as a small quantity, so no cannabis weight is recorded.
Law & Order dates the arrest to the early hours of Wednesday 11 November, while the police statement quoted by Thestival and Voria gives 10 November 2026, which this report uses.
The accomplice said to have been travelling with the driver was not reported arrested or identified.
No outcome after referral to the prosecutor was reported.
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.
Trikala police arrested two 45-year-olds at midday on 9 November 2026 after finding a small amount of unprocessed cannabis and a cannabis-tobacco cigarette, which officers seized. A third man arrested that evening for dangerous driving involved no cannabis and is not counted here.