Greece's tax authority says customs inspections during the first half of 2026 uncovered millions of euros in undeclared cash, drugs, counterfeit goods, weapons, smuggled tobacco and alcohol, as well as illegally transported exotic birds and other prohibited items.

Greek police arrested a taxi driver and two passengers after a months-long investigation into drug trafficking in the Lamia area, authorities said

Prison officials stopped a cat wearing a homemade collar containing illegal substances before it could enter a correctional facility in Russia.

Police seized cannabis, cash, a mobile phone and a precision scale after acting on intelligence, while authorities said the 28-year-old suspect was already known to law enforcement.

Over the past three years, the market for synthetic cannabinoids has evolved faster than the legislation attempting to regulate it

Drug trafficking networks are constantly changing their structure and methods, adapting to law enforcement pressure and new technologies, says Deputy Police Director Giannis Karydakos

A police dog helped Greek coast guard officers uncover cocaine hidden on a passenger ferry in Piraeus, leading to the arrest of a 20-year-old woman during intensified summer port inspections across Greece

A pharmacist accused of operating an underground laboratory producing and distributing illegal pharmaceutical products and doping substances has been released under restrictive conditions after his court appearance

A 59-year-old pharmacist is accused of running a vast illegal production and distribution network for slimming pills and doping substances, with shipments sent across Greece and to 90 countries worldwide before authorities dismantled the operation.

Two men were arrested after a police operation on the Greek island uncovered drugs, firearms and a hydroponic cannabis cultivation setup

Cities leave their imprint in places that people rarely look. In wastewater. In the unseen underground pipelines, the way we live, consume, and produce is recorded in chemical terms. It is something like a fingerprint, one that differs from place to place. Analyses conducted at the Psyttalia Wastewater Treatment Plant (Attica) and Larissa reveal, as […]

Police say narcotics were discovered during a search of the property of a man already being held in custody over the killing of a 54-year-old whose body was allegedly dumped in a river.

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According to a new study, traces of cocaine in water make salmon more active and lead them to take greater risks

Authorities probe possible drug use as three young men face charges for abandoning the 19-year-old before her collapse in Argostoli

Charges for drug and weapons offences were filed against the identified occupant of the apartment. A separate individual was arrested on an outstanding warrant for robbery and drug-related offences

Ousted Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to U.S. court facing rare narcoterrorism charges, with prosecutors relying on insider testimony amid a law’s limited trial success.

The study also recorded a significant increase in cocaine consumption in the greater Athens-Piraeus area, in some cases reaching up to three times higher than in 2023