Brit Drugs Suspect Arrested In Athens Sting

A British man wanted in connection with a multimillion-pound drugs seizure has been caught in a sting operation at a pub in Athens.

Kevin Hanley, 50, had just settled down to watch the British and Irish Lions' rugby triumph against Australia when Greek and British officers grabbed him.

Police had been targeting him since November when officers discovered more than £2m in cash and millions of pounds worth of drugs at a property in Fulham, London.

Officers from Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) and Greek police arrested Hanley on suspicion of money-laundering, and conspiracy to supply cocaine, cannabis and amphetamine.

Greek police said Hanley had taken "extensive precautions" to avoid arrest, with "frequent changes of address, telephones and cars" - using dual-sim mobile phones and coded text messages.

Brendan Foreman, regional head of investigations at Soca, said: "These arrests were a direct result of our close co-operation with the Greek authorities.

"Operations like this remind the public that Soca and its partners will stop at nothing to take down those suspected of being involved in drug trafficking."

In the seizure, police found 44.1lb (20kg) of cocaine, 33.1lb (15kg) of cannabis and 33.1lb of amphetamine, as well as £2.1m in cash.

Five other suspects - four men and one woman - from London, Liverpool, Glasgow and Gloucestershire - have also been arrested in Britain in connection with the operation.

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