741 kg of cannabis seized in Diyarbakır, 3 remanded
Gendarmerie teams raided addresses in Yeşilköy, Sur, Diyarbakır and seized 741 kg of cannabis hidden in haystacks, among trees, in a tractor trailer and in buried drums. Three detained suspects were remanded by a court on the prosecutor's order after detector dogs Altın, Caka and Haklı joined the searches.
Three suspects detained during gendarmerie raids on several addresses in
Yeşilköy Mahallesi in Sur were brought before a court, which ordered them
remanded.[1]The public prosecutor ordered the drugs found in the searches to
be seized.[2]The detentions followed an operation targeting several addresses
in the neighbourhood.[1]
Officers seized 741 kilograms of cannabis, reported as esrar, during the
searches.[2]Some of the cannabis was hidden in grass and haystacks and in
gaps between trees.[1]More of the cannabis was hidden in a tractor trailer
and in drums buried in the ground.[2]Narcotic detector dogs named Altın, Caka
and Haklı took part in the address searches.[2]Officers described the drugs
as stashed in separate hiding places across the searched addresses.[1]
The operation was carried out by teams from the Diyarbakır Provincial
Gendarmerie Command’s KOM branch and the Sur central gendarmerie station.[2]The Diyarbakır Governorship announced the operation.[1]
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