Police in Ali Hocalı, Yüreğir district of Adana, seized 290 cannabis plants found growing in the middle of a cornfield during helicopter-backed inspections published on 5 June 2017. No growers had been identified at the time, and police said efforts to find the person or persons who planted the crop were continuing.
No one had been detained over the planting, and police teams were continuing
work to identify the person or persons who had planted the cannabis crop.[1]The inspections in Ali Hocalı in the central Yüreğir district of Adana were
intensified by anti-narcotics branch teams acting on the orders of provincial
police chief Osman Ak.[1]
Counter-terrorism, special-operations and public-order teams also took part in
the inspections in Ali Hocalı Mahallesi, where officers searched a number of
vehicles.[1]Officers also carried out General Information Screening checks,
known by the Turkish initials GBT, on suspicious people encountered during the
inspections.[1]
A police helicopter inspection of the area determined that cannabis had been
planted in the middle of a cornfield, rather than in a separate plot.[1]Motorized teams dispatched to the field seized the 290 cannabis plants growing
there, described in the report as 290 roots of Hint keneviri.[1]
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The article gives only its publication date of 5 June 2017 and no separate day for the inspections and seizure, so the publication date is used as the incident date.
No arrests, charges or court outcome were reported; police said the growers were still being sought.
Only one source for this event could be opened; searches for a second report of the same seizure found nothing.
Customs officers at the Esendere border gate in Hakkari stopped a Turkish traveller arriving from Iran and found 49.56 grams of suspected cannabis hidden in his shoe soles. The Yüksekova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the seizure.
Gendarmerie teams in Odunpazarı, Eskişehir, searched a home following an investigation into illicit drug production and seized 310 grams of esrar and six cannabis plants. One suspect was detained and faces investigation for drug possession and unlawful cannabis cultivation.
Nevşehir anti-narcotics police placed 14 people under judicial proceedings after a week of operations, including 12 reported drug users and two accused of violating Law No. 2313. Officers seized a cannabis-growing setup, 11 cannabis seeds and 1.62 grams of kubar esrar alongside methamphetamine, synthetic cannabinoids and pills that are not counted as cannabis.
Gaziantep anti-narcotics police searched a car in the city and seized 12 kilograms of skunk, a form of cannabis, detaining one suspect. The operation, coordinated by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, targeted drug sellers, and the suspect was referred to the judicial authorities.
