It has many important branches seizure of 104 kg of cocaine in Thessaloniki in banana containers. In this case, nine people were arrested yesterday in Greece, and a parallel operation was underway abroad.

Sta schema members in addition, the drug prosecutor’s office is credited with involvement in two more attempts of illegal trafficking by Latin America in Europe, cargoes of 300 and 500 kg of cocaine. With specific quantities to be detected and seized in foreign ports.

One of the alleged “masterminds” was at the center of an EYP investigation in 2020 as he was involved in suspicious flights from Greece to Libya.

The nine arrested include alleged “organizers” of the importation. These are persons unknown only to the prosecutor’s office. One of them is said to have been in the spotlight in 2020. EYP study as he was involved in suspicious flights from Greece to Libya and back on military boats.

This case came to light when Coast Guard officers, at the suggestion of EYP, raided a speedboat that was heading south of Crete (Paleochora) on its way back from Libya. Two pistols, 1,000 bullets, hookah tobacco, as well as 150 kg matches and snuff were found in an inflatable boat containing five Greeks (one was a supplier of military equipment to the Hellenic Republic) and a Spaniard. nationalities were found.

The same man allegedly controlled a cleaning company that was being investigated as part of the preliminary investigation into the December 2008 caustic attack on union member Konstantin Kuneva in Petralona.

It is alleged that he still had contact with EEM employees and even, according to some publications, testified in court as a witness for the protection of an employee of the service. Officers of the Thessaloniki Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office and the leadership of the American describe him as the mastermind behind the importation of 104 kg of cocaine from Ecuador.

However, the “key” role is given to another of the arrested. Together with his brother, he was accused of involvement in a series of serious cigarette smuggling cases in Thessaloniki, and in fact was sentenced to several years in prison. One of the two brothers was released about a year ago from prisons in Northern Greece, where he was held, and is now accused of involvement in the drug trade.

The cocaine was hidden in banana containers from Ecuador. The company that appears to be on the list is based in Skopje. The container arrived in Thessaloniki on April 20, but the police did not proceed to confiscate it, but decided to put it under surveillance.

Yesterday, members of the group were seen transporting and hiding drugs in a house in the area of ​​Agios Athanasios, in Thessaloniki. Some of the nine arrested were found and arrested there, and parallel investigations were carried out abroad. Official announcements on the case are expected today.