A total of 271 kilograms of cocaine were found in a container at the port in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, reported “Proto tema“, BTA reports.
Employees from the Greek service for combating organized crime acted on information received from their British colleagues. The drug was found on August 6, but police allowed the shipment to continue on its route to the recipients in Aspropyrgos, near Athens.
On Saturday, upon receiving the container, three people were arrested, believed to be members of an international criminal group specializing in the trafficking of large quantities of cocaine from Latin America.
The value of the confiscated drugs is estimated at around 5.5 million euros.