Patra: In prison three for the ‘public servants’ drug trafficking ring

Constabulators were judged the caller of the district of western Greece and 2 more for the traffic circuit , after their apology to its investigator . The others accused of participating in the drug trafficking case were released on restrictive terms. Every 1st and 15th of the month they have to appear in a police station in their area and have to deposit a guarantee of 3,000 euros. It is recalled that following the investigation carried out by Internal Affairs, 9 members of the organization were arrested, including four civil servants and another, against whom a criminal organisation, drugs and weapons case was brought. A further 30 persons who are not members of the organization are included in the file , of which the four civil servants (policeman, firefighter and 2 local government officials). The investigation has so far shown that members had set up a hierarchically structured criminal organization, operating at least since May 2024 and were active in drug trafficking. The members acted in a specific way and had shared roles among themselves. A private individual was the chief member of the organization and had undertaken the storage of drugs and their distribution to the other members while he also sold the substances to his clients. Another private individual, supplied another member of the organization with quantities of drugs, having the role of the main supplier. The district clerk was deputy chief of the organization, supplied the rest of the members with drugs, while he was the most important trafficker, even acting within his workplace, with clients of other employees. A university employee received orders mainly from the above, who is also his relative. This member supplied quantities of drugs from the chief and traded them to customers. Similarly, he carried out sales within his workplace. A private and a firefighter were the main traffickers of the organization while another private and related person of the chief had taken the role of a drug carrier, which he was delivering to customers. An E.K.A.B. employee, had a role to play through telephone communications for purchases while another private person had a role as a dealer as he kept a store, within which he stored drugs. The members of the organization took strict self-protection measures, used codes – words in social media while promoting drugs in places that were difficult to locate. Authorities managed to arrest them after a large and coordinated operation that took place on Wednesday (20.11.2024), to which the leader of the organization was spotted at the time he approached a vehicle and was arrested. The driver of the vehicle who was not a member of the organization, once he noticed the police, threw out a pack containing 1.8 grams of cocaine, and was arrested. The other members of the organization were then arrested and in investigations carried out in the members’ homes and cars, 74.07 grams of cocaine were seized, 143.5 grams of cannabis, 42 pharmaceutical tablets, grater, 7,425 euros, 3 scales of precision, airgun, folding rod, 12 mobiles, number of SIM cards, vehicle and 3 motorcycles. Since the investigations so far, membership has been certified in at least 194 cases of drug trafficking.