Police reportedly broke up a major drug trafficking ring bringing large quantities of heroin to Athens via Turkey. A total of nine foreign nationals were arrested following a police operation in the Kato Patissia and Nea Halkidona districts, which led to the confiscation of 135 kilos of heroin. According to police, six Syrian nationals aged between 24 and 41, a 22-year-old from Bangladesh, a 30-year-old from Sudan and a Romanian woman, 27, were arrested.
Authorities were reportedly drawn to the lavish lifestyle of the suspects during undercover operations in various nightclubs. A raid of a basement production unit for ready-to-wear clothes allegedly used as a cover uncovered the heroin and a complete drug lab replete with all the necessary equipment used for drug adulteration and packaging.
Another kilo of heroin, a handgun with a silencer, cartridges, forged passports and identity cards were found in the suspects' houses.
The total value of the confiscated heroin after adulteration is estimated at more than million euros.
24.10.2009
