British members of alleged drug cartel go on trial in Greece after cocaine shipment found in bananas
dailyrecord.co.ukBritish members of an alleged drug trafficking cartel believed to be responsible for more than 10 per cent of Europe's cocaine trade have gone on trial in Greece.The four men - John Ellis, Anthony Bennett, Stephen Wray and Neil Jones - face allegations of being involved in an international drug plot after cocaine was found in a shipment of bananas.
Greek police seized a shipment of 300kg of cocaine last year which was sent from Italian city of Calabria, the criminal territory of the 'Ndrangheta mafia clan, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Armed officers then swooped on a luxury rented villa overlooking the port city of Thessaloniki in June 2022 and arrested Ellis, 39, Bennett, 49, Wray, 52, and Jones, 46 .
They have been on remand since.Police seized hundreds of blocks of cocaine, a pistol, bullets, radio and positional equipment and more than 10 mobile phones.
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