202 kg of marijuana seized in Genç stream bed, Bingöl
Turkish security forces seized 202 kg of marijuana from a stream bed in Genç, Bingöl, in a sniffer dog-aided operation on Dec. 31, 2019. The provincial governor's office announced the seizure and said anti-drug efforts would continue across the province.
Turkish security forces seized202 kilograms (445 pounds) of marijuana in the
country’s east on Dec. 31, according to the provincial governor’s office.[1]The drugs were recovered from a stream bed in Genç in Bingöl province.[1]Officers conducted the seizure as a sniffer dog-aided operation.[1]The
dispatch was credited to Anadolu Agency in Bingöl.[1]
A statement said the drugs were seized in the stream-bed operation.[1]It
added that the fight against illicit drugs would continue across the province.[1]The governor’s office was cited as the authority for the seizure account.[1]
The same account said Turkey had confiscated over 40 tons of marijuana and
seized about 40 million cannabis roots in its anti-drug efforts this year.[1]The seizure was also described in rounded terms as more than 200 kg of marijuana
in eastern Turkey.[1]The pounds equivalent of the seizure was given as 445
pounds.[1]
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Photo published with the report of the more than 200 kg marijuana seizure in eastern TurkeyPhoto details
No arrests, suspects, or charges were reported, so no people figures can be recorded.
The seizure is dated Dec. 31, the same day as publication, with no separate operation time given.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in English and Turkish.
The same article's annual national totals of over 40 tons of marijuana and about 40 million cannabis roots describe a separate national statistic and are excluded from event figures.
The precise stream-bed location within Genç was not specified beyond Genç in Bingöl province.
The published photo was judged from its event-matching caption because its image content could not be viewed in this harness.
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