Greece hands down life sentences to 4 Britons for drug trafficking

ATHENS

A Greek court in the northern port city of Thessaloniki handed down life sentences to four Britons for trafficking cocaine, media reports said Wednesday.

The four, who were arrested in July 2022 in relation to 300 kilos (661 pounds) of the drug, were found guilty of being part of a criminal organization, as well as aggravated drug possession and trafficking, according to public broadcaster, ERT.

Each was fined €500,000 ($542,000), it added.

The case file said cocaine was imported to Greece through the port of Thessaloniki in a container carrying bananas from Colombia.

The four set up headquarters in a rented luxury villa in Thessaloniki and planned to smuggle cocaine to central and northern Europe and Australia.