Antalya gendarmes seize 2.12 kg of esrar and jail one of seven suspects
Antalya gendarmes searched the homes of seven suspects in the Döşemealtı, Aksu and Alanya districts on the instructions of two public prosecutor's offices, seizing 2 kilos 123 grams of esrar, the Turkish name for cannabis. One suspect was jailed by a court, and the same searches found cocaine, synthetic pills, two handguns and money.
🇹🇷 Döşemealtı, Aksu and Alanya districts, Antalya · Türkiye
Gendarmes searched the homes of seven suspects in the districts of Döşemealtı,
Aksu and Alanya in Antalya province.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]The searches were carried out on the
instructions of the Antalya and Alanya public prosecutor’s offices.[1][5][7]Officers seized2 kilos123 grams of esrar, the Turkish name for cannabis.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The same searches found 3 grams of cocaine.[1][2][5][8]The searches also found 232
pills of the synthetic drug Gerica and 63 other synthetic drug pills.[1][2][5]Officers seized a precision scale, two unlicensed handguns and 30 cartridges.[1][5]Police also seized money described as proceeds of crime.[1][2][5]
One suspect was arrested and jailed by the court he was brought before; no
charges were reported.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The cannabis searches were part of a wider operation in six Antalya districts that also targeted smuggled tobacco in Kepez, Alanya and Gazipaşa.[3]The tobacco searches were coordinated by the Antalya, Alanya and Gazipaşa public prosecutor’s offices.[3]
The raids on the seven addresses were carried out simultaneously.[8]
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Photograph published by İhlas Haber Ajansı with its report on the Antalya gendarmerie searches in Döşemealtı, Aksu and Alanya, captioned with the operation and the 2 kg 123 g esrar seizure. No individual credit given.Photo details
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The article gives no calendar date for the searches; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and is used here as the incident date.
No names, ages or nationalities of the seven suspects were published, and no charges or case outcome were reported beyond the jailing of one suspect.
The jail term was a custody decision (tutuklama), not a sentence, so no prison term is recorded.
The esrar weight is given only as a total for the three districts, with no breakdown by home.
The 3 grams of cocaine, 232 Gerica pills, 63 synthetic pills, two handguns and the cash are from the same searches but are not cannabis and are excluded from the cannabis figures.
No street value was published, and the amount of cash described as crime proceeds was not stated.
Only one opened account of the operation was found, credited to İHA, so no independent confirmation was available.
The submitted Son Dakika page reproduces the same İHA text as the Mersin Haber account already cited, so the two are not independent reporting of the operation.
The article gives no calendar date for the searches; 9 November 2026 is its publication date.
The tobacco operation is a separate non-cannabis component of the wider drive and is not counted in the cannabis figures.
This is the agency page for the same İhlas Haber Ajansı dispatch already cited through other outlets, so it corroborates the existing account rather than confirming it independently.
The page images are captioned only with the operation headline and name no photographer, so what exactly they depict beyond the operation cannot be verified from the text.
The Yozgat Gazetesi page reproduces the İHA agency text already cited, so it does not independently confirm the operation.
The Saray Medya text is credited to İHA, the same agency already cited through İhlas Haber Ajansı, Mersin Haber and the other outlets, so it reproduces the same dispatch and is not independent reporting of the raids.
The page gives no separate calendar date for the searches; 9 November 2026 is its publication date.
The page's second photo (jandarma-3-ilcede-2-kilo-123-gram-esrar-ele-gecirdi-1-1794224267.webp) is captioned only with the headline and names no photographer, so it is not confirmed to show this seizure and is not listed as media.
The Sabah account calls the seven raided addresses simultaneous, while the İHA-based accounts do not describe the timing of the searches.
The Sabah page describes the jailed suspect with the tabloid phrase zehir taciri (poison merchant) rather than naming a charge, and no charge was reported in any account.
Gendarmes detained three suspects after raiding an indoor cannabis workshop in Adana that grew plants under a purpose-built air-conditioning system, according to the Interior Ministry. The searches found 17 kilograms of esrar and four standing air conditioners, and the ministry said the suspects were running a narcotics production and trading operation.
Police in İzmir's Karabağlar district detained three suspects, aged 21, 20 and 18, in a raid on homes and businesses where drugs and unlicensed weapons were said to be kept. Searches found 12.67 grams of esrar, 32 grams of pregabalin, eight drug pills and two unlicensed handguns, and police said the suspects' processing was still under way.
İzmir police detained four suspects in Karabağlar after finding 0.93 grams of esrar on three buyers, then searched their homes and found 61.09 grams of esrar, 71.52 grams of cocaine, 364 pills and cash. The four were to be taken to the chief prosecutor's office.
Police in Çumra, Konya, searched a residence and seized 2 kg 226 g of cannabis, a precision scale and an unlicensed pistol, detaining one suspect. A court remanded him in custody on a charge of drug trafficking after he was taken to the courthouse.
