Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-06-24
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[01] Six suspects for second mammoth heroin haul in Greece to prosecutor
[01] Six suspects for second mammoth heroin haul in Greece to prosecutor
ANA-MPA -- Six of the 14 suspects in custody for the latest mammoth
heroin haul uncovered by Greek police - who found another 986 kilos and
600 grams of heroin in a warehouse in Koropi on Saturday in addition
to the roughly one tonne of the drug found the previous week - were
led before a Piraeus prosecutor on Tuesday morning.
All six are Indian nationals, crew members of the Togo-flagged tanker
"NOOR ONE" that smuggled the heroin into Greece.
The latest quantity of heroin is linked with over a tonne (1,133 kg)
of heroin found in two batches, one in a warehouse in Koropi and another
a mansion in the Athens suburb of Filothei on June 12. Nine people are
already in custody, including a 40-year-old shipowner, in connection
with the case.
In both cases, the seized heroin (2,120 kg in total) was smuggled into
Greece with the "Noor One" tanker ship.
All are facing criminal organisation charges, drug possession and
trafficking. A separate case file concerns illegal fuel trade charges
filed against certain of the defendants after the discovery on board
the tanker of 18 tonnes of fuel that lacked documents.
Speaking on a private television station on Monday, Shipping & Aegean
Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said that the investigation is now
focusing on the arrest of more people involved in the case both in Greece
and abroad, noting that a large part of the heroin was destined for the
rest of Europe. He added that the Greek authorities are cooperating with
international law enforcement agencies in the case.
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