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Greek Police and Coast Guard have cracked down a criminal ring that was trafficking drugs from Albania to Turkey via Greece. The traffickers were using a cave on a Greek island as storage for their drugs. They would exchange the cannabis for heroin from Turkey and bring it back to …

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What does the Greek Coast Guard do in downtown Athens and thus in Exarchia, a district without sea? This is what many Greeks wondered about after hearing that two Coast Guard officers were injured when they chased drug dealers and their unit was attacked by a group of about 50 …

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The Greek Coast Guard has a 3-digit number for those who need evacuation by the sea. People should call phone number <108> and ask for help. The number is for citizens in need who can be aided by the Greek Coast Guard and boats.

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A missing tourist has been found on an air mattress that was drifted out to the sea, 6 nautical miles off the North of the island of Crete on Thursday. The woman on the floating mattress was spotted by Frontex aircraft and was rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. The …

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Protesters gathered in Syntagma Square in downtown Athens on Wednesday in order to denounce what they call “criminal negligence of the Greek Coast Guard” during the tragic boat incident off Agathonisi in March. Sixteen people, among them several children, lost their lives when a boat carrying migrants and refugees capsized. …

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Turkish Coast Guard attempted to hinder a refugees rescue operation off the island of Chios in the eastern Aegean Sea on Wednesday noon. Moreover, the TCG vessel tried to rammed a Greek coast guard boat involved in the rescue operation, initial reports by local media said. Earlier, the TCG had …

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Footage shot from two separate security cameras on patrol boat GAVDOS of the Greek Coast Guard show the moment it was rammed by vessel UMUT of the Turkish Coast Guard in the sea area around the Imia islets in East Aegean Sea last Monday. Video A Video B Patrol boat …

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A vessel of the Turkish Coast Guard has rammed a Greek Coast Guard patrol boat in the sea area of Imia. The Greek vessel suffered significant damages. The unprecedented incident occurred a quarter before Monday midnight. According to military affairs website millitaire.gr, Turkish Coast Guard vessel UMUT rammed the Greek …

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Turkish Coast Guard released a video showing the incident between a Turkish patrol boat and gunboat “Nikiforos” of the Greek Navy on Wednesday. Turkish disinformation at its best: Some media says the two vessel collide, some that the Greek gunboat harassed the Turkish patrol boat. The footage filmed by a …

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The rescue operation of a migrants boat turned into a serious incident between the Greek and the Turkish Coast Guard and set lives at risk, as the latter sailed closed to the port of Mytilene without permission. According to local media from the island of Lesvos, a Greek Coast Guard …

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A Greek Coast Guard opened fire at a Turkish cargo ship in the south Aegean Sea on Monday, Turkish media report. They quote the captain of M/V ACT, a Turkish-flagged freighter ship transporting iron steel between two ports in Turkey. Citing CNN Turk and the captain of the ship Sami …

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Tension between protesters from police, fire brigades and coast guard on one side and riot police on the other side broke out short after 8 o’ clock in the evening on Wednesday when the angry protesters tried to break the police cordon and enter the Greek Parliament. Riots policemen and …

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At least seven people have drowned when a boat carrying refugees capsized in the Aegean Sea on Monday morning. Two women have been rescued, one of them is in advanced pregnancy. Unconfirmed reports speak of another four bodies to have been washed out on the Turkish coast. A Search and …

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A helicopter of the Turkish Coastguard not only violated the Greek airspace, it also toured over the island of Kos in the Eastern Aegean Sea and flew as low as 400-500ft. According to Greek Defense Ministry, the helicopter entered the Greek FIR without permission at 7:10 am on Thursday. At …

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The cooperation between Greece’s police and coast guard with the American Drug Enforment Administration (DEA) was a full success: 1.13 ton of heroin and 11 arrests – six Greeks, four Turks and two Iranian nationals. According to Greek media, among the arrested drug dealers is also a prominent Greek businessman, …

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Dressed in his official coast guard uniform and standing on the boat bow, the “big boy” lifts his weapon and starts shooting six times at goats grazing on the remote side of an island. In shear panic the goats are running to escape the deafening sound and the deadly bullets. The …

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