{"id":718,"date":"2024-11-28T20:37:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T20:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/police-officer-arrested-for-involvement-in-drug-related-cases\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T20:37:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T20:37:47","slug":"police-officer-arrested-for-involvement-in-drug-related-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/police-officer-arrested-for-involvement-in-drug-related-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer arrested for involvement in drug-related cases \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1254843\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock-police_car-320x200.jpg?v=1689761766\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock-police_car.jpg?v=1689761766\" alt=\"Police officer arrested for involvement in drug-related cases \u00a0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock-police_car-960x600.jpg?v=1689761766\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Shutterstock]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A long-serving police officer with extensive experience in the force\u2019s narcotics department has been arrested for involvement in drug-related cases following an investigation by the Internal Affairs Service.<\/p>\n<p>The uniformed officer, 42, had been reassigned to a less active background role in recent months as a result of facing a series of allegations.<\/p>\n<p>They include blackmailing drug traffickers, offering to exclude them from his department\u2019s records in exchange for bribes, and demanding payment to testify in court as a witness to facilitates more favorable legal outcomes for traffickers.<\/p>\n<p>The officer\u2019s arrest was reportedly prompted by incriminating conversations through the encrypted SKY-ECC communication platform.<\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up, authorities abroad had sent the Greek police a file containing thousands of conversations and text messages, which it analyzed.<\/p>\n<p>The police officer\u2019s arrest marks the first case, based on this file, to be presented before the court.<\/p>\n<p>The Internal Affairs Service\u2019s investigation also implicates two individuals who are not police officers, while, in addition, evidence suggests the involvement of additional uniformed personnel. 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The uniformed officer, 42, had been reassigned to a less active background role in recent months as a result of facing a series of allegations. 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