62 detained as Antalya raids seize 150 g cannabis
Police detained 62 suspects in simultaneous raids on 68 addresses across Antalya province, with 13 processed on suspected trafficking and 49 on suspected use. Searches seized 150 grams of cannabis alongside cocaine, pills and methamphetamine, plus a gun, precision scales and paraphernalia.
🇹🇷 Antalya province · Türkiye
- Arrested
- 62
- Cannabis
- 150 g
Police presented the sweep as a dawn operation against alleged drug dealers
across Antalya, with 62 detentions reported.[1] Antalya Chief Public
Prosecutor’s Office coordinated province-wide anti-drug work that identified 80
suspects and designated 68 addresses for a simultaneous operation.[1] Officers
have so far caught and detained 62 of those suspects.[1] Of the detained
suspects, 13 were processed on suspicion of trafficking drugs and 49 on
suspicion of using drugs.[1] The operation was supported by an unmanned aerial
vehicle, and efforts were reported to be continuing with further anti-drug
operations to follow decisively.[1]
Searches of the suspects’ addresses seized 150 grams of esrar, the Turkish word
for cannabis.[1] The same searches also seized 330 grams of cocaine, 154
narcotic pills and 2 grams of methamphetamine, which are excluded from the
cannabis figure.[1] Officers also seized one unlicensed pistol, one precision
scale and drug-use equipment during the address searches.[1] The simultaneous
raids struck 68 addresses across Antalya province as part of the fight against
drugs.[1]
Sources
- Antalya'da zehir tacirlerine şafak operasyonu: 62 gözaltı | Antalya Haberleri. Yeni Şafak, 2 November 2026. In Turkish.
Open questions the AI reported
- The article gives no separate date for the raids and its operation sentence leaves the date blank, so 2 November 2026 is the publication date used as the incident date.
- The reports identify 80 suspects but report 62 detentions, leaving the status of the remaining suspects unclear.
- No suspects are named and no charges, detentions beyond gözaltı, or court outcomes are reported, only processing on suspicion of trafficking versus use.
- The trafficking-versus-use breakdown covers all drugs in the operation and is not attributed specifically to cannabis.
- The 154 pills are of unspecified type and the other seized drugs are excluded from the cannabis figure.
- Only one accessible source was found and no agency statement or second outlet could be opened for corroboration.
- The page carries three photographs captioned only with the headline and without credits establishing that they show this raid or seizure, so no media entry is added.
