Turkish security forces opened an operation against the PKK in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, fielding 1,165 gendarmerie troops joined by village guards.[1] On the first day, Thursday 9 June 2022, they seized one tonne of cannabis and 2.1 million cannabis plants, the Interior Ministry said.[1] Three AK-47 rifles and 20 kilograms of ammonium nitrate for homemade explosives were also seized during the operation.[1] Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said the government was determined to root out drug trade and terrorism, which officials link to PKK financing; Ankara says the group plays a role in international drug trafficking.[1] The PKK is listed as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye and has been rebelling against the government for over 30 years.[1]
Diyarbakır operation seizes a tonne of cannabis and 2.1 million plants
Turkish security forces seized one tonne of cannabis and 2.1 million cannabis plants on the first day of an operation in Diyarbakır province on 9 June 2022, alongside rifles and explosives material. Some 1,165 gendarmes and village guards took part.
🇹🇷 Diyarbakır province · Türkiye
- Plants destroyed
- 2,100,000
- Cannabis
- 1 t
- Agency
- Jandarma
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Plants destroyed
- 2,100,000
- Cannabis
- 1 t
- Agency type
- Gendarmerie
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis (1 t)
- Activity
- Cultivation
- Case stage
- Under investigation
- Region
- Diyarbakır Province
Sources
- Xinhua News Agencyafricannewsagency.comTurkey seizes drugs, weapons in operation against Kurdish militants
Open questions the AI reported
- The whole account rests on the Interior Ministry's statement as carried by one wire report.
- No arrests on the first day of the operation were reported.
- Later results of the operation beyond its first day were not reported.
