{"id":478637,"date":"2025-10-06T18:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/478637\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T18:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:13:14","slug":"five-kilos-of-ketamine-and-weapons-seized-from-bristol-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/478637\/","title":{"rendered":"Five kilos of ketamine and weapons seized from Bristol home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Kousiounis pleaded guilty to four offences<\/p>\n<p>18:09, 06 Oct 2025Updated 18:17, 06 Oct 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_Alex-Kousiounis.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Kousiounis\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Alex Kousiounis(Image: Avon and Somerset Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">Five kilograms of ketamine was seized from a drug dealer&#8217;s home in South Bristol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">Alex Kousiounis, 32, pleaded guilty to drugs supply offences after a warrant was carried out at his home in Warden Road on Friday, October 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">As well as the class B drug, an amount of cannabis and two weapons were also recovered from the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">He was charged with two counts of possession with intent to supply a class B drug (cannabis and ketamine) and two counts of possession of an offensive weapon in a private place<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">Kousiounis appeared at Bristol Magistrates Court on Saturday, October 4 and pleaded guilty to all four offences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">He has been remanded into custody and is due to be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday, November 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">Acting Inspector Ben Spence said: \u201cDrugs and organised crime have a devastating impact on our communities, and we remain committed to taking proactive action against those involved. \u201cThe support of the public is vital in helping us disrupt criminal activity. All the information we receive will be reviewed and recorded. That evidence can enable us to obtain a warrant, seize drugs and arrest offenders. \u201cWe encourage anyone who sees something suspicious or notices something that doesn\u2019t feel right to report it to us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Kousiounis pleaded guilty to four offences 18:09, 06 Oct 2025Updated 18:17, 06 Oct 2025 Alex Kousiounis(Image: Avon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[9312,381,748,30,188,393,4884,10002,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-478637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-avon-and-somerset-constabulary","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-courts","12":"tag-crime","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-south-bristol","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115328582747777805","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}