Greek police seize over 270 kg cocaine worth over 5.5 million euros, 3 arrested
Police had been informed by the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency that the cocaine would be carried by a ship headed to the northern Greek port of Thessaloniki.
Police officers found the cocaine and removed most of the drug contained in brick-sized packages from the container before it was loaded into a truck. They released a short video of the removal operation.
The truck headed for the Athens suburb of Aspropyrgos, more that 500 kilometres to the south, where the police arrested three men as they opened the container on Saturday.
The total amount of cocaine seized was 271.15 kilograms, police said.
The arrested men include two Greeks, the 40-year-old owner of a haulage company, a 32-year-old and a 47-year-old Bulgarian citizen, police say, adding that the Bulgarian was in touch with a drug gang and organised the picking up and transport of the container. The 32-year-old was in charge of distributing the drug through unnamed gang members.
Police are looking for more people they say belong to a drug distribution gang. The three arrested men will face a prosecutor on Monday. (AP) RUK RUK
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