Gendarmes detained three suspects in a raid on an indoor cannabis workshop in Adana, the Interior Ministry announced on 9 November 2026.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] The Adana Provincial Gendarmerie Command found the address through intelligence work, which suggested that narcotics were being produced and traded there; the operation was coordinated by the Gendarmerie General Command’s anti-narcotics department and the Adana chief public prosecutor’s office.[1][2][4][5][6][7][8][26][12][27][16][17][19][28][20][21][23][24][25] One account says officers used technical and physical surveillance before the raid.[25] One places the address in Seyhan district[7], and another says the workshop had been set up inside a manufacturing premises.[29] The provincial gendarmerie was then commanded by Brigadier General Necdet Karaca, appointed by decree in the Official Gazette.[15] The statement was carried by news agencies, among them ANKA.[11]

What was found

The suspects grew cannabis indoors under a purpose-built air-conditioning system, and police said they were running a narcotics production and trading operation.[1][2][5][8][26][21][23] The searches turned up 17 kilograms of esrar, a cannabis hashish product, together with the workshop, four standing air conditioners, the rest of the air-conditioning system and various materials.[1][2][4][5][7][8][9][30][10][11][12][13][27][14][16][17][18][19][28][20][21][22][23][31] The ministry’s own list gives one workshop, 17 kilograms of esrar, four standing air conditioners, air-conditioning equipment and assorted materials[32]; some copies of the statement add heat and light systems.[6][29][25]

The suspects

The three were held in gözaltı, the police custody in which a person is questioned while prosecutors decide on charges or release, and the ministry named no further court step.[1][33][7][8][30][26][28][23][31] They were referred for judicial proceedings[10][20][24][31]; the ministry said a judicial investigation had been opened and the technical equipment confiscated.[25] The first statement did not say whether they were remanded or placed under judicial supervision.[27] The ministry said operations against drugs across the country were continuing.[17]

In December 2025 police had found 40 Indian hemp plants and 2.774 kilograms of dried esrar in a villa in Pozantı district of Adana, where a similar system was installed; two suspects were jailed in that investigation.[27]