One caught as Bozüyük police seize cannabis in four pieces
Bozüyük narcotics police seized cannabis in four pieces of an unspecified amount during anti-drug work in Bilecik. One suspect was caught for buying, accepting or possessing a narcotic substance for personal use.
Anti-drug work in Bilecik was continuing.[1]Police teams of the Emniyet
seized cannabis in the course of work carried out in the province.[1]The
operations were carried out by the Bozüyük Narcotic Crimes Combat Branch
Directorate, known in Turkish as the Bozüyük Narkotik Suçlarla Mücadele Şube
Müdürlüğü.[1]In those operations the branch seized cannabis substance, esrar
maddesi, in four pieces.[1][2]The pieces were of various amounts, stated only as
muhtelif miktarda.[1][2]Esrar maddesi is the cannabis substance the Bozüyük
branch said it had recovered in the four pieces.[1]
Officers also caught one suspect during the same operations.[1][2]The person was
caught for the offence of buying, accepting or possessing a narcotic substance
for use.[1][2]The offence is stated as kullanmak için uyuşturucu madde satın
almak, kabul etmek veya bulundurmak.[1]In all, one suspect was caught,
reported as toplam 1 şüpheli şahıs.[1]The detention was made under that
personal-use possession allegation in the course of the Bozüyük branch
operations that also produced the cannabis seizure.[1]The seized cannabis was
reported as four pieces, 4 parça, of esrar maddesi.[1]
Photos and video
Photo of the cannabis seized in four pieces, published with the Bozüyük operation report.Photo details
Mersin police detained seven suspected street drug dealers, and searches of their persons, vehicles and homes found esrar alongside 1 kg 781 g of synthetic drugs. A court jailed all seven in pre-trial detention.
Antalya police carried out 29 anti-drug operations across the province in one week, catching 75 suspects and jailing 24 of those brought before the courts, with 20 released under judicial control. The operations seized 7.98 kilograms of esrar, the Turkish name for cannabis, and 75 cannabis plants, alongside a large synthetic cannabinoid haul and other drugs excluded from the cannabis figures.
Şırnak gendarmerie teams detained five suspects in a week of narcotics and smuggling operations across the province from 2 to 8 November 2026, and a court remanded three of them. Searches found 228 kenevir roots and 68 skunk plants, along with 2.1 kg of kubar esrar, a form of cannabis hashish.
Arrested 5Charged 3Plants destroyed 296Cannabis 2.1 kg
Police in Mersin raided addresses across the province on 7 and 8 November 2026 and detained seven suspected street dealers known as torbacı. A court jailed all seven on drug-trafficking charges under article 188 after searches found 28.2 grams of esrar alongside methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin.