Greek police have dismantled an organised drug-trafficking network that allegedly operated mainly in Western Attica, arresting three people and identifying a central suspect who allegedly handled the supply, storage, processing and distribution of significant quantities of drugs.
Police said officers arrested a 41-year-old man believed to be the network’s central figure, along with a psychologist and a 45-year-old man who allegedly obtained drugs from the 41-year-old.
Authorities have also included two other people in the case file and are searching for them, while investigators have yet to identify 18 additional people allegedly linked to the network.
According to the Narcotics Enforcement Division, the 41-year-old obtained and distributed cannabis and cocaine and also had access to other substances, including MDMA, LSD and various pills. Investigators allege that a psychologist supplied him with some of these substances.
The 41-year-old allegedly used his home in Haidari as a storage location and had specialised knowledge of drug processing.
Police said he conducted drug transactions either at his home or at nearby locations, travelling to meetings in his own vehicle. He also allegedly arranged deliveries through a courier company, sending drugs in packaged parcels.
Investigators found that the suspect had an established customer base and took precautions to avoid detection. Police said he used a so-called “ghost phone” connection and communicated with coded terms and slang expressions.
Between early July and August 23, 2026, investigators allege that the 41-year-old carried out 90 drug transactions worth a total of €3,800.
Around midday on Friday, police located and arrested the 41-year-old and the psychologist in separate areas of Athens. Officers found and seized small quantities of cannabis, €445 in cash and a mobile phone during searches of their persons.
Police subsequently arrested the 45-year-old under the flagrant-offence procedure after allegedly finding that he had obtained drugs from the 41-year-old.
Investigators, assisted by a sniffer dog, searched homes and an office and seized:
- 834.9 grams of cannabis
- 131.6 grams of processed cannabis (“chocolate”)
- 522.5 grams of ketamine
- 122.7 grams of cocaine
- 56.2 grams of MDMA
- 39 grams of Ecstasy
- 180 pharmaceutical tablets
- 100 cannabis-infused candies
- 103 grams of the drug 3-MMC
- €15,565 in cash
- Six precision scales
- Two cars
- One motorcycle
- Numerous handwritten notes
The authorities took the three arrested suspects before a prosecutor.
