Greek police arrested an Algerian man suspected of smuggling tablets of pain-fighting drug pregabalin to France from Greece, following an operation with French authorities and EU police company Europol.
The 28-year-old obtained medication containing pregabalin from pharmacies in Greece and shipped them to Paris and different French cities over the previous three years, police mentioned on Wednesday. The anti-seizure drug is used to deal with epilepsy and anxiousness and might trigger rest and euphoria.
The person was arrested in Athens this week as he was attempting to ship a package deal of greater than 3,300 of the tablets, a police assertion mentioned. A minimum of 55 such drug shipments have been confirmed since 2021, a police official mentioned.
French police additionally arrested a person alleged to be the receiver of the packages, the official added.
In March, the Greek coast guard confiscated a British-flagged boat loaded with almost 4 million pregabalin tablets, after a tip-off from Greece’s intelligence service about drug-smuggling rings working within the nation.
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