Greek police arrest man collecting 2.9 kg cannabis parcel from US
Greek police arrested a 38-year-old man in Thessaloniki on 27 October 2026 as he collected a parcel from the United States holding 2,090 grams of hydroponically grown cannabis. A search of his home found another 819 grams of cannabis, plus cocaine, pills, scales and cash; police put the cannabis seized at about 2.9 kg.
Officers from the Subdirectorate for Combating Organised Crime of Northern
Greece arrested a 38-year-old Greek man in Thessaloniki on the morning of
Tuesday 27 October 2026, moments after he collected a parcel mailed from the
United States.[1][2]The parcel had been flagged by Greece’s drug enforcement
coordination body.[3]The Σ.Ο.Δ.Ν., Greece’s coordinating body for drug
enforcement, assigned the case to the drug enforcement department with a
prosecutor’s approval.[4]Officers tracked it and arrested him as soon as he
picked it up.[3]Police did not release his name.[3]
The parcel contained 2,090 grams (4.6 pounds) of hydroponically grown cannabis,
known in Greece as skunk, split into four plastic packages.[3]A search of his
home and possession found another 819.26 grams of cannabis, 115.61 grams of
cocaine in two packages, eight pills, a grinder with cannabis residue, three
scales, 470 euros, two mobile phones and handwritten notes.[1][2]In total,
police seized about 2.9 kilograms (6.4 pounds) of cannabis.[3]
Police said the man had been in trouble with the authorities before for similar
offences.[3][2]He was to be taken before a prosecutor.[4]
Police said they believed the 38-year-old was planning to sell on the mailed cannabis consignment.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
2.9 kg
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession
Setting
Mail or parcel
Grown
Indoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
United States → Greece
Sources
Voria.grvoria.grELΔέμα με πάνω από δύο κιλά skunk από τις ΗΠΑ έφτασε στη Θεσσαλονίκη - Συνελήφθη 38χρονος μόλις το παρέλαβε
The Greek-language accounts date the arrest to the morning of 27 October 2026; the English article was published on 30 October and gives no separate date.
No charge, court date or outcome was reported; police said only that the man would be taken before a prosecutor.
The English account first describes the parcel as holding 'more than 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds)' and later gives 2,090 grams (4.6 pounds); the report uses the police figure of 2,090 grams.
No street value was given for the drugs seized.
The English article also reports separate cases that week, 18 kg of cocaine at Lavrio port and arrests in Acharnes, which are not part of this report.
This account rounds the home seizure to 820 grams of marijuana and 115 grams of cocaine, versus 819.26 grams and 115.61 grams in the existing record; the existing precise figures are retained.
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.