The bus passenger at the centre of the case was identified only as M.M.T.[1] Gendarmerie teams detained the suspect after the search of the bag.[1] The suspect was released from the police station on the prosecutor’s order after giving a statement.[1]

Teams of the Bodrum District Gendarmerie Command stopped a bus carrying passengers between cities during a road check in Güvercinlik Mahallesi, a neighbourhood in Bodrum.[1] A narcotics dog reacted to M.M.T.’s bag, after which officers carried out a search.[1] The search found cannabis wrapped in a black bag inside a pickle jar and hidden in a chocolate plastic container.[1]

The road check took place in Bodrum district of Muğla province, where officers reported a drug seizure during the control.[1] Güvercinlik Mahallesi is the Bodrum neighbourhood where the gendarmerie teams stopped the intercity bus.[1] Esrar is the Turkish term for cannabis, the substance reported as seized in the pickle jar.[1] Officers seized the cannabis reported as esrar during the roadside control of the bus.[1]