One suspect detained in the Lice seizure was remanded by the court after proceedings before the judicial authorities.[1] A second suspect was detained over cannabis plants found within the boundaries of Kaya village in Eğil.[2] The governorship said judicial proceedings were continuing under the prosecutor’s instructions after the cannabis was confiscated and the plants were destroyed on site.[2]

Officers recovered a total of 1 ton 158 kilograms of powdered cannabis in 57 sacks hidden at four separate points in mountainous and forested terrain between Oyuklu and Kabakaya villages in Lice.[2] Officers found 52,000 cannabis plants in a field in Kaya village in Eğil and destroyed them.[1]

The Diyarbakır governorship said provincial gendarmerie acted on intelligence in rural Lice and Eğil to seize illegally produced drugs described as a financing source of the terrorist organisation.[2] The statement dated that operational activity to 17 May 2017.[2] Haber7, crediting Anadolu Agency, described the same Lice and Eğil operations as narcoterror operations yielding 1 ton 158 kilograms of cannabis and 52,000 cannabis roots.[1] The governorship said work against narcoterrorism would continue to protect public safety and eliminate the organisation’s financing sources.[2]