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The Agora => Greek News => Topic started by: Maik on Saturday, 14 June, 2014 @ 00:36:51
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Eleven people arrested over one of the largest heroin hauls seized in Europe - totalling more than a tonne - got an extension on Friday evening to testify this coming week.
The 1,133.420 kilos of heroin, packed in a total of 443 plastic parcels, were stored in two batches of about 500 kilos each - one in a warehouse in Koropi and another in Filothei, at the house of a shipowner who allegedly owns four oil tankers in Dubai. The value of the drug is estimated at around 30 million euros, if sold unadulterated.
Of those arrested and being held at the Central Port Authority detention centre in Piraeus, six are Greek and five are Turkish nationals. According to unofficial sources, the Greeks arrested include the shipowner, his wife, and their underage son. The Greek nationals will testify on Tuesday and the Turkish ones on Wednesday. None of them were named because the operation is still under way, the Coast Guard said.
http://www.amna.gr/english/articleview.php?id=6272
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Three remanded over massive heroin bust
1.3 tonnes of heroin found on Friday in joint Greek-US operation
40-year-old shipowner, who denies all charges, claims that a trusted person, who went in and out of his home, is responsible for the 1.3 tonnes of heroin found on his property
http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.home&id=2017
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So he, his wife and the child referred to didn't actually notice 500 Kg of the stuff in their house??! :blink:
Tony
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It was obviously well hidden under the carpet Tony. Duh!
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You know what it's like when you've got a big house: not even sure how many rooms you've got.
A few more kilos of coke could easily go unnoticed.
More on the main story:
More than two tonnes of heroin has been recovered from Greek warehouses over the past fortnight in an operation considered by authorities to be Europe’s largest ever seizure of the drug.
Exactly 986.6 kg of the drug was recovered from storage units near Athens on Friday, reported AFP.
The size of the stash added to a recently-set record of 1.113 tonnes of heroin which was also seized near Athens on the night of June 12.
The combined discoveries comprised “the largest amount of heroin ever seized in Europe,” said Varvitsioti on Sunday.
http://rt.com/news/167704-greece-europe-heroin-seizure/