Cannabis law

Four people were being questioned on drug-related charges on Monday following their arrest the day before in a police crackdown in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia. 

Three of the four suspects are migrants without legal residence papars, according to police.

A police officer was among five suspects arrested on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes on drugs-related charges last weekend, authorities said on Tuesday.
According to police, the arrests were made during raids on the suspects' homes on Sunday which yielded around 400 grams of cannabis and nine marijuana plants.

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.

Officers of Attica Security's Anti-Drugs Squad on Monday arrested one man in connection to a cannabis plantation discovered in a forested area near the village of Inoi, in West Attica.
The 50-year-old suspect is believed to be responsible for the organization, cultivation and supervision of the plantation.

Police in Thessaloniki arrested an alleged leading member of a drug trafficking gang, following a police operation in the area of Efkarpia on Thursday, according to state-run news agency ANA-MPA.

Police have unraveled a gang that grew large quantities of cannabis in a remote location in the region of Viotia, central Greece.
Six people were arrested during a police operation in an area called Viliza Stefanis which started on Monday and ended on Tuesday morning.

Encouraged by developments in Serbia's immediate neighbourhood, IRKA has stepped up a campaign with letters, marches and a concert in front of the Serbian parliament to lobby lawmakers to decriminalise the use of cannabis.

Police in Thessaloniki said Tuesday that they had arrested six foreign nationals for drug possession and dealing inside and around the city's Aristotle University.

The six suspects - who are from Algeria, Iraq, Syria and Albania - were arrested as part of ongoing efforts by police in the northern port city to curb lawlessness in and around university campuses.

Police near the Krystallopigi border crossing in Florina, northern Greece, have intercepted a vehicle carrying a large quantity of illegal drugs into Greece, it was announced on Friday.

A 50-year-old man has been arrested for setting up a hydroponic cannabis growing system in a house on the island of Salamina, near Athens.

Police, who arrested the suspect on Tuesday, said the cannabis was being cultivated for illegal sale.