832 kg of cannabis found buried in 18 jerry cans in rural Bingöl
Gendarmerie officers acting on a search warrant dug up 832 kilograms of powdered cannabis, known in Turkey as esrar, from 18 blue jerry cans buried in the countryside of Genç district, Bingöl. The governor's office valued the haul at about 4.16 million lira and said legal proceedings had begun against two suspects.
The Bingöl provincial governor’s office said gendarmerie teams began work after
intelligence that drugs were buried in the ground.[1]There they found 832
kilograms of powdered cannabis, called toz esrar in Turkish, in 18 blue jerry
cans buried in the ground, the governor’s office said.[2]A drug-detection dog
named Canlı took part in the search, according to the governor’s office.[3]
The governor’s office said legal proceedings had begun against two suspects in
connection with the find.[2]The cannabis was confiscated on the public
prosecutor’s instruction.[2]
The governor’s office put the value of the cannabis at about 4.16 million lira.[2]It said the seizure had struck a heavy blow against what it called the most
important financial source of terrorism and that the gendarmerie would continue
its fight against drug smuggling without interruption.[1]
Case data
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The Anadolu Agency text on Haber7 and Yeni Asya gives no separate date for the search; 29 January 2016 comes from the governor's statement quoted by Haberler.com.
The governor's office said legal proceedings had begun against two suspects but did not say whether they were detained, what offence they faced or what a court decided.
The locality is spelled Tepentepe in the Anadolu Agency text and Tapantepe in the Demirören Haber Ajansı text quoted by Haberler.com.
Haberler.com's headline attributes the cannabis to the PKK, but the governor's statement it quotes does not name the group.
No captioned photograph of the seizure could be confirmed: Haber7 carries a placeholder image and the lead images on Haberler.com and Yeni Asya are uncaptioned.
Haber7 and Yeni Asya carry the same Anadolu Agency text, so only the Demirören account adds independent detail.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Haberler.com: Acting on a search warrant from the judicial authorities, the teams searched the Tepentepe locality in the countryside of Genç district at about 11:00 on 29 January 2016.
Customs officers at the Esendere border gate in Hakkari stopped a Turkish traveller arriving from Iran and found 49.56 grams of suspected cannabis hidden in his shoe soles. The Yüksekova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the seizure.
Gendarmerie teams in Odunpazarı, Eskişehir, searched a home following an investigation into illicit drug production and seized 310 grams of esrar and six cannabis plants. One suspect was detained and faces investigation for drug possession and unlawful cannabis cultivation.
Nevşehir anti-narcotics police placed 14 people under judicial proceedings after a week of operations, including 12 reported drug users and two accused of violating Law No. 2313. Officers seized a cannabis-growing setup, 11 cannabis seeds and 1.62 grams of kubar esrar alongside methamphetamine, synthetic cannabinoids and pills that are not counted as cannabis.
Gaziantep anti-narcotics police searched a car in the city and seized 12 kilograms of skunk, a form of cannabis, detaining one suspect. The operation, coordinated by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, targeted drug sellers, and the suspect was referred to the judicial authorities.
