Four held, three jailed after Aksaray raids find 2.32 kg of hashish
Gendarmerie officers detained four people in Aksaray city centre and a court jailed three of them after searches found 2.32 kg of kubar esrar (hashish), 1,134 synthetic pills, methamphetamine, synthetic cannabinoid and an unlicensed pistol. One detainee was released under judicial control; the three jailed were M.V., 29, M.K., 35, and F.D., 29.
🇹🇷 Aksaray city centre, Aksaray · Türkiye
- Arrested
- 4
- Cannabis
- 2.32 kg
Gendarmerie officers detained four people in Aksaray city centre after searching
two addresses, their homes and their persons.[1] A court ordered three of them
held in pre-trial detention, known in Turkey as tutuklama, and released the
fourth under judicial control.[1] The three jailed were named by initials as
M.V., 29, M.K., 35, and F.D., 29.[2]
The searches found 1,134 synthetic pharmaceutical pills, an unlicensed pistol,
45 grams of methamphetamine and 21 grams of synthetic cannabinoid, known in
Turkey as bonzai.[1] At the homes of M.V. and M.K. and in the vehicle F.D.
used, officers also found 2,320 grams of kubar esrar, a cannabis preparation
also called hashish.[3]
The operation was run by the Aksaray provincial gendarmerie’s narcotics branch
and the central district gendarmerie.[3] The Aksaray Chief Public Prosecutor’s
Office coordinated the investigation, and the suspects had been under technical
and physical surveillance before the raids.[1] DHA described the operation as
aimed at people selling drugs on the street.[2]
Sources
- Uyuşturucu imal ve ticaretine jandarma darbesi: 3 tutuklama. İhlas Haber Ajansı, 28 October 2026. In Turkish.
- Aksaray’da uyuşturucu operasyonu: 3 tutuklama. DHA, 28 October 2026. In Turkish.
- Aksaray’da uyuşturucu operasyonu: 3 şüpheli tutuklandı. Aksaray Portal, 30 October 2026. In Turkish.
Open questions the AI reported
- The sources give no separate date for the operation or the court appearance; 28 October 2026 is the publication date of the earliest accounts.
- Aksaray Portal and DHA name only the three jailed men and say three were detained, while İHA reported four detainees and the release of a fourth under judicial control; this report uses İHA's four-detainee account.
- DHA put the number of synthetic pills at 11,134, ten times the 1,134 reported by Aksaray Portal and İHA; this report uses 1,134.
- The 45 grams of methamphetamine, 21 grams of synthetic cannabinoid and the pills are not cannabis and are not included in the 2.32 kg cannabis figure.
- No estimated value for the haul, no charges and no trial date were reported.
