Heroin gang broken up by Corfu Drug Enforcement Agency

CORFU. The Corfu Drug Enforcement Agency, working together with the Attica (Athens) DEA, were able to break up a 4-member gang which had been distributing heroin in Attica. The 2 men who were arrested plus the other 2 who are still wanted have been charged with forming a criminal gang, selling drugs and possession of weapons.

On Saturday 11 November, the Corfu DEA in a coordinated operation with the Attica DEA were able to locate and arrest two verified members of the gang in Attica. Prior to the arrest, the Corfu DEA, over a period of months, had been able to collect evidence of the gang’s activities.

Their research had uncovered the identity of the gang members as well as the organization of the gang and each member’s role. They were also able to discover their method of heroin distribution in various areas of Attica. It appears that the 48-year-old is the leader and the 35-year-old his assistant and that they were regularly distributing heroin over at least the last four months along with the other two members who are still wanted.

After searching the residences of the two arrested men, in the presence of a magistrate, the following items were found and confiscated:

At the 48-year-old’s home:

• 1,967g heroin
• A ZASTAVA gun
• 50 cartridges (6.35 diam.)
• 2,000 Euros
• 3 electronic weighing scales
• 2 mobile phones

At the 35-year-old’s home:

• 309g heroin
• 290 pills
• 7,000 Euros
• A car
• A motorbike
• 1 electronic weighing scales
• 1 mobile phone

The police are continuing their search for the other two gang members. The two arrested men were taken to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.