A 38-year-old police officer from the Nea Ionia department was ordered to remain in pre-trial detention after his testimony, as he allegedly participated in a drug trafficking network. Over €600,000 was discovered in the defendant’s bank accounts over a nine-month period. According to sources, the 38-year-old defendant denied being a drug user during his testimony and claimed to be only an occasional cocaine user. Regarding the money found in his bank accounts, he allegedly claimed he had financial comfort due to his family wealth and maintained shares in a hair salon and an Airbnb apartment. “I have justified all my transactions to the judicial authorities 100% and none of them are illegal. My mistake was that I gambled away the money I earned from my work,” he allegedly claimed.
Drug trafficking ring: Six more defendants remain in custody
The alleged leader of the trafficking network was also ordered to remain in pre-trial detention after denying any involvement and declaring himself a long-time drug user. “I wasn’t trafficking drugs and it’s lies that I was giving drugs in the presence of my minor child,” the defendant allegedly claimed, while his wife, who was also remanded in custody, denied any connection to narcotics and asked the investigator to release her so she could return to her child. Four more defendants were ordered to remain in pre-trial detention, one was released with restrictive conditions, and proceedings continue for another defendant.
