Aksaray anti-narcotics police detained two men accused of growing cannabis at their homes in Aksaray city in two separate operations.[1] One suspect, identified only as Y. E., aged 49, lived in Yavuz Sultan Selim neighbourhood, while the other, identified as M.D., aged 40, lived in Kurtuluş neighbourhood.[1]
At Y. E.’s address, officers searching the garden found 166 cannabis plants growing in four greenhouses.[1] At the same address, officers also seized 8 kilograms of dried cannabis described by police as ready for sale.[1] At M.D.’s residence, officers raided the home and found 29 cannabis plants in a search of the house garden.[1] Together the two raids accounted for 195 cannabis plants and 8 kilograms of dried cannabis, with Hint keneviri being the Turkish term for cannabis.[1]
The raids were carried out by teams of the Aksaray Police Department’s narcotics branch, the unit responsible for combating narcotics crime, after receiving tip-offs that each man was cultivating cannabis.[1] The detained men were expected to be referred to the courthouse after procedures at the police station.[1]
