Illegal drug trade

Authorities have seized 64 kilograms of cocaine from inside a container at the port of Piraeus.

Acting on a tip off from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), an anti-drugs unit on Monday searched a container from Ecuador and found 58 makeshift packages containing the cocaine.

The drugs had an estimated market value of 2 million euros, the authorities said.

A total of 942 terrorists have been neutralized in various operations conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) since the beginning of the year, the Defense Ministry reported on July 3.

The Turkish and Italian narcotics teams have seized a record 5.3 tons of drugs in a joint operation on a Palau-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Sicily.

An Albanian ant-drugs operation focused on the town of Elbasan and some areas nearby in central Albania - an area well known for its crime and drugs presence - has resulted in 45 detentions. Seven more suspects remain at large.

A woman was arrested on Thursday after officers at the Kipi Border Station in northeastern Greece found more than 9 kilograms of heroin hidden in her personal belongings.

The drugs were divided in 34 nylon packages and hidden in striped pillowcases in a suitcase placed in the trunk of a taxi, with which she attempted to enter from Turkey.

Police officers in northern Greece arrested two people from drug trafficking on Tuesday night after discovering more than 12 kilos of heroin in their car.

The suspects, a 33-year-old foreign national, believed to be a leading member of a bigger drug ring, and a 27-year-old Greek woman, believed to be a member of the gang, where stopped at the Malgara toll station, near Thessaloniki. 

More than 100 kilograms of cocaine were seized by police in Thessaloniki investigating a drug smuggling network.

According to reports on Tuesday, investigators have arrested nine suspects in what is being described as an ongoing operation against the racket.

On Wednesday, Singapore authorities executed a man convicted of trafficking one kilogram of cannabis, ignoring international calls to abolish capital punishment.

Authorities in northern Greece are investigating a drug trafficking gang following the arrest of a 27-year-old woman and the seizure of nearly 8.6 kilograms of heroin.

A drug smuggler wanted by Interpol with a red notice, Urfi Çetinkaya, has been detained in a villa in Istanbul's Sarıyer district along with five other people.

Istanbul police's anti-terror unit raided the villa with the support of special operations team on late April 11. He was then taken to the police station after a health check.