{"id":25021,"date":"2026-11-05T07:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/drug-haul-worth-e1-million-uncovered-at-athens-airport\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T07:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:08:47","slug":"drug-haul-worth-e1-million-uncovered-at-athens-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/drug-haul-worth-e1-million-uncovered-at-athens-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug Haul Worth \u20ac1 Million Uncovered at Athens Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Greek authorities have seized more than 207 kilograms of raw cannabis at Athens International Airport, after discovering the drugs concealed in a shipment declared as clothing from Thailand. Authorities estimate the cannabis had a potential street value of \u20ac1 million.<\/h3>\n<p>The operation took place at Athens International Airport\u2019s Eleftherios Venizelos facility, with the Hellenic Police\u2019s Narcotics Sub-Directorate working closely with the airport customs department responsible for combating smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities acted on intelligence indicating that the drugs had arrived by air from Asia in August.<\/p>\n<p>Clothing Shipment Concealed Cannabis<\/p>\n<p class=\"gct-readmore\">Read more: Swedish National Arrested Over Cocaine and Cannabis\u00a0Shipment<\/p>\n<p>During a targeted inspection at a temporary cargo storage warehouse, police officers discovered two pallets containing 48 cardboard boxes, according to ERT.<\/p>\n<p>Although the accompanying documents declared the shipment as clothing originating from Thailand, officers found 207 kilograms and 466 grams of raw cannabis inside the boxes and seized the entire quantity.<\/p>\n<p>The operation prevented the drugs from reaching the illegal market, where they could have generated an estimated \u20ac1 million in proceeds.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: AMNA)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/11\/05\/drug-haul-worth-e1-million-uncovered-at-athens-airport\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greek authorities have seized more than 207 kilograms of raw cannabis at Athens International Airport, after discovering the drugs concealed in a shipment declared as clothing from Thailand. Authorities estimate the cannabis had a potential street value of \u20ac1 million. The operation took place at Athens International Airport\u2019s Eleftherios Venizelos facility, with the Hellenic Police\u2019s &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Drug Haul Worth \u20ac1 Million Uncovered at Athens Airport\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/drug-haul-worth-e1-million-uncovered-at-athens-airport\/#more-25021\" aria-label=\"Read more about Drug Haul Worth \u20ac1 Million Uncovered at Athens Airport\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/DRUG-X.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}