Cannabis

Sofia Police Department has busted a marijuana greenhouse with state-of-the-art equipment, the Regional Directorate reported.

Police in northwestern Greece on Wednesday seized 95 kilograms of cannabis after finding the drugs in abandoned rucksacks in the area of Negades, near Ioannina.
The three rucksacks contained 95 packages of the drugs.
The local police narcotics unit is investigating the incident. 

Two foreign nationals, aged 24 and 35, faced drug charges on Saturday after being arrested on Friday night with one-and-a-half kilograms of cannabis in the area of Malevizi, near Iraklio, on Crete.
According to investigators, the two suspects had been keeping the drugs in a large open-air storage area.

A gang of illegal cannabis cultivators was unraveled by police near the town of Larissa in central Greece on Friday.
Two people, aged 48 and 47, were arrested and charged with forming a gang and violating drugs and gun laws.
Police, who are also looking for two other people, seized 1,491 trees of up to 2.5 meters in height, a rifle and three knives, among other items.

One ton of cannabis was found in the pipes of a lorry truck which was stopped by police in the southeastern province of Batman, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on July 22.
The seizure came after a tip was given to the provincial narcotic crime police, leading the authorities to initiate an operation.

Seven people were arrested on the campus of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Tuesday on drug dealing charges.

The suspects are six Greeks aged between 21 and 49, and a 26-year-old foreign national.

They were all found in possession of cannabis and narcotic pills that they intended to sell, police said.

Marihuana for more than half a million BGN was seized in the land of the Pomorian village Bata, the Burgas District Prosecutor's Office announced.

90 kg dry foliage mass and another 193 stalks of cannabis found in plantation. The number is record. A 57-year-old man from Burgas is detained, he is not criminally exposed and has not been convicted, the Burgas police have reported.

Illegal cannabis growers in Greece appear to be especially active on Crete and in Thessaly, while crackdowns on the drug are increasing, according to police data.

This tagline is followed by billboards showing the same tagline together with graphic images of where users' drugs quite possibly do come from - including sellers' hairy bottoms and filthy underwear. A message reminds people that drugs are often transported to users via such horrible channels, so everyone should stay off them.

Worrying data about young people and drugs. Every fourth student in our country has smoked marijuana, according to latest research. According to statistics, over 25% of young people have used a drug.