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Police officers from the Narcotics Division recorded conversations between members of the alleged organisation. The recordings reportedly reveal the distribution of different types of drugs to tourists and customers through the group\u2019s fleet of VIP vans operating on the island.<\/p>\n
The conversations also provide insight into the group\u2019s alleged financial activities and ambitions for the future.<\/p>\n
Dialogue over the quality of drugs<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n In one conversation, a distributor tells the alleged leader that a customer complained about the quality of a product.<\/p>\n Distributor:<\/strong> \u201cOne of my customers upset me a little. He said, \u2018Mate, this was shit, completely shit.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Leader:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m telling you, I work with it\u2026 The only person I\u2019ve heard that from so far is you.\u201d<\/p>\n Distributor:<\/strong> \u201cYeah. I told him, \u2018Mate, when you came in July, was it good?\u2019 He told me it was good, but I told him it was exactly the same. What the fuck could have happened?\u201d<\/p>\n Leader:<\/strong> \u201cMate, maybe it\u2019s getting damp?\u201d<\/p>\n Distributor:<\/strong> \u201cNo, where I keep it\u2026 I mean, should I\u2026 should I heat it up? Do you think it\u2019ll get back to normal?\u201d<\/p>\n Threats against the authorities<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n In another conversation, the alleged members discuss possible retaliation against authorities.<\/p>\n Leader:<\/strong> \u201cWe should show up there\u2026 fuck it, two vans, full of people\u2026 We\u2019ll beat the shit out of them. And, and we\u2019ll put the pink tickets in their mouths, all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Distributor:<\/strong> \u201cFuck, yeah. We need to make it like Mexico now.\u201d<\/p>\n Leader:<\/strong> \u201cFuck, we should hire some Mexicans.\u201d<\/p>\n Distributor:<\/strong> \u201cWith hoods, with hoods, they could show up and beat the shit out of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Leader:<\/strong> \u201cUnconscious. Unconscious. Unconscious. I\u2019m telling you\u2026 Basically, they should leave there on stretchers.\u201d<\/p>\n Pink cocaine and the \u201clahmacun\u201d code name<\/p>\n Another conversation concerns an order for pink cocaine from tourists. The alleged members reportedly used the code name \u201clahmacun\u201d for the substance.<\/p>\n Leader:<\/strong> \u201cI want\u2026 all the \u2018lahmacun\u2019 that you have in the car.\u201d<\/p>\n Regional member \u2013 Transfer driver:<\/strong> \u201cMate, our friends here want the secret recipe.\u201d<\/p>\n Leader:<\/strong> \u201cThe \u2018lahmacun\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n Regional member \u2013 Transfer driver:<\/strong> \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n Leader:<\/strong> \u201cTell them, \u2018call Chris.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Plans to expand their activities<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The alleged Turkish leader also appears in the recordings discussing plans to expand his business activities.<\/p>\n According to the case information, the man operated a transfer company with a fleet of seven vehicles. He also reportedly owned two properties in Attica, leased a 250-square-metre parking facility in Athens and owned a building in Turkey.<\/p>\n In another conversation, he discusses finding a commercial property where several companies could operate.<\/p>\n Leader:<\/strong> \u201cDo you want us to find a shop in the factory area, get three or four companies together, rent it and tell everyone to fuck off?\u201d<\/p>\n Distributor:<\/strong> \u201cOf course, brother, but where are you going to find such a place?\u201d<\/p>\n Leader:<\/strong> \u201cWhoever looks, finds. Whoever gets involved, finds\u2026 It\u2019s not the way you\u2019re saying it. We\u2019ll all work and we\u2019ll be legal, and you\u2019ll see, we\u2019ll have customers and everything\u2026 We\u2019ll become\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n He then makes a striking reference to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.<\/p>\n Leader:<\/strong> \u201cBefore Erdogan comes, I will conquer Mykonos myself and I\u2019ll hand it to him ready.\u201d<\/p>\n Nine members arrested<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Greek police arrested nine alleged members of the organisation during the morning of Friday, August 21, with assistance from officers from the Special Operational Teams of the Sub-Directorate of Intelligence and Special Actions of the Directorate for Combating Organised Crime.<\/p>\n Police also arrested a 22-year-old man for possession of narcotic substances.<\/p>\n The recordings form part of the evidence gathered during the investigation into the alleged drug-trafficking organisation operating in Mykonos.<\/p>\n (source: TheTOC.gr<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n