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Lab for cutting heroin located in Athens district of Kypseli

Lab for cutting heroin located in Athens district of Kypseli

A laboratory for cutting and packaging heroin has been located in the Athens district of Kypseli, Greek authorities said on Thursday.

Three persons, a 38-year old Albanian man and two Greeks aged 48 and 53, were arrested during a police operation in the districts of Kypseli, Patissia and Pangrati and all three were charged with drug dealing.

A search in their houses and other areas they frequented revealed a complete set of equipment for cutting and packaging heroin, 29.16 grammes of heroin, 4,965 grammes of a mixing agent, 6,410 euros in cash, 11 cellphones and two sets of precision scales.

The suspects under arrest were sent to the prosecutor, that referred them to the examining magistrate.

Source: APE-MPE