Kalymnos: 40-year-old arrested with cocaine at the port

A 40-year-old Greek national is alleged to have been arrested in Kalymnos on Friday 4 September 2026, by officers from the Kalymnos Police Department, according to naxostimes.gr. According to the report, the man was identified upon arrival at the island by ferry from the Mastihari Kos to Kalymnos route, following evaluation of evidence against him concerning drug trafficking. During the police check, 92.6 grams of cocaine were reportedly found in his luggage, which were seized. A felony-level case file was opened against him for drug trafficking and he is expected to be brought before the Kos Public Prosecutor’s Office, where the further course of the case will be determined.

Checks on passenger and vehicle arrivals at Dodecanese ports are a daily practice for police and the Coast Guard, especially on short-distance connections such as that between Kos and Kalymnos. The two services work closely: the Coast Guard is responsible for ship and port security, while police departments on the islands conduct identity checks and luggage inspections when there is evidence or information pointing to specific individuals. At small island police departments like that in Kalymnos, such checks are often based on prior evaluation of evidence rather than random sampling, which explains why authorities knew in advance about the arrival of this particular passenger.

In drug trafficking cases in Greece, the procedure following an arrest follows specific stages. When an arrest is made in flagrante delicto, as is alleged in this case, a case file is prepared and seized substances are sent for laboratory examination to confirm their nature and exact weight. The accused is then brought before the competent prosecutor, who decides whether criminal prosecution will be pursued and through which procedure—flagrante delicto or regular. Arrest and preparation of a case file do not constitute conviction; guilt or innocence is determined solely by the courts, within the framework of the presumption of innocence that applies to every accused person until a final judgment is delivered.

The case is included, according to police authorities, in the special operational activities of the Southern Aegean Police Services to combat drug trafficking on the islands, where geography and increased maritime traffic in summer complicate enforcement. Similar incidents have been recorded in recent months on other Aegean islands, as reflected in the relevant crime coverage monitored by the network. The Kalymnos case adds to the overall picture of police activity in the Greek regions, which the Greece section of TodayGrid records daily, always with respect for the presumption of innocence of each person involved.