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ATHENS: Pakistani taxi passenger had half a kilo of cannabis on him

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Police saw something suspicious with a passenger in a taxi, who panicked at the sight of them. Everything happened in the workers’ residences of Agia Varvara, at the junction of Makrygianni and Voute streets, shortly before 4 in the afternoon on November 18.

The taxi driver stopped the car immediately at the signal of the police. Officers removed the driver and the Pakistani passenger and checked the vehicle. A bag containing the drugs with a total weight of 558.5 grams was found carefully hidden in the back and lower seats.

The Pakistani was arrested.

Police News obtained photos of the seized drugs:

READ MORE: Hemp and Ancient Greece.

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