Twenty suspects were sent to prison on remand after simultaneous drug raids centred on Bingöl.[1] Police detained 27 people.[1] Three were released once processing at the station was finished.[1] Twenty-four were referred to the courthouse.[1] Four of them were placed under judicial supervision, and 20 were remanded to prison.[1]
The Bingöl Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office directed the operation, and the provincial police narcotics branch carried it out.[1] Teams hit 35 addresses in four provinces at the same time.[1] Bingöl Güncel TV reported that the raids began at 05:30 on 27 October 2026.[2] Seventy teams, three special-operations units and 350 personnel took part, with two drones and five drug-detection dogs.[2] Twenty-seven suspects were caught during the searches.[2]
The finds included 16.19 grams of cannabis, called esrar, 1.28 grams of cannabis mixed with tobacco, and 43.32 grams of skunk, a high-potency cannabis product listed separately from ordinary cannabis in Turkish police reports.[1] Bingöl Güncel TV reported the same cannabis, skunk, methamphetamine and heroin weights.[2] Officers also recorded 74.84 grams of methamphetamine and 0.32 grams of heroin.[1] They seized 10 pipes, two precision scales, 2,743 packets of contraband cigarettes, 170 contraband cigars, 16 electronic cigarettes, two devices, 62 packets of Terea cartridges, one pistol, one magazine and 935 rounds of various calibres.[1]
