Northern Greece: All 8 accused of 100kg of cocaine in a banana container acquitted
The Liberals were released without restrictive conditions after their apologies, the eight arrested for the load of 100 kilos of cocaine that was confiscated last week in northern Greece (photo by AADE, above).
They declared ignorance
After a marathon process, which started at 08:00 yesterday, Tuesday, and ended after midnight, the investigator and the prosecutor decided that everyone should be released.
Among the accused are the users of the fruit trading company, three employees, drivers and three customs brokers, among them the woman.
In their apologies, the defendants denied any connection to the case, stating that they were unaware of the contents of the container.
According to information from the company, it was reported that the container was to be picked up by another trader. The drugs were camouflaged in a container of bananas from Ecuador.
The arrests
The cargo had arrived at the port of Thessaloniki on a route from Malta. It was located with the assistance of a specially trained dog and then placed under discreet surveillance.
Eventually it was found that he had been transferred to a company based outside Veria. Following the prosecutor’s order, the arrests of the eight people involved followed.