160.5 kg cannabis seized from cargo truck in Adana
Police seized 160.5 kg of cannabis in 24 packages from a cargo truck on the Adana-Kozan highway and detained two people. The operation was carried out jointly by the Adana and Mersin police directorates targeting drug trafficking.
Adana and Mersin police directorates carried out a joint operation targeting
people involved in trafficking in narcotic substances.[1]As part of that
joint work, officers searched a truck belonging to a cargo company on the
Adana-Kozan highway.[1]The Adana Police Directorate disclosed the operation
and its results in a written statement.[2]Officers detained two people in
connection with what the roadside search uncovered.[1]
Inside the truck, officers found cannabis wrapped in transparent bags and
divided into separate packages.[1]The search recovered 24 separate packages
containing a total of 160 kilograms and 500 grams of cannabis.[1]
The operation brought together officers from two neighbouring provincial police
forces, Adana and Mersin, rather than a single local unit.[1]The reported
enforcement result from the highway interception was the seizure and the
detention of the two people.[1]The seized substance was described as esrar,
the Turkish term for cannabis, in the amount of 160 kilograms500 grams.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives no separate date for the search; 26 September 2015 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The names, ages and roles of the two detained people were not published.
No charges or court outcome were reported.
Both opened pages carry the same Anadolu Agency account, so only one distinct wire version could be confirmed.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Habertürk: The full 160.5-kilogram amount was seized from the single cargo truck during the highway operation.
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