Driver held near Sümer Mosque in Diyarbakır with 12 g of esrar and weapon
Police in Diyarbakır detained a driver outside Sümer Mosque after pursuing a suspicious vehicle seen repeatedly passing the governor's residence. A search of the car uncovered 12 grams of cannabis alongside a long-barreled weapon, ammunition and 21 synthetic pills.
🇹🇷 Sümer Camii, İstasyon Caddesi, Yenişehir, Diyarbakır · Türkiye
Police in Diyarbakır detained a driver identified as İ.H.Ç. after intercepting a
suspicious vehicle in the city’s central Yenişehir district.[1]Officers
stationed outside the governor’s residence noticed the car, bearing license
plate 56 AE 340, pass by the building twice around 00:20.[2]Determining that
the driver was monitoring the residence, police followed the car and brought it
to a controlled stop on İstasyon Avenue in front of Sümer Mosque.[2]
A search of the vehicle uncovered 12 grams of esrar, a cannabis preparation,
which officers confiscated alongside 21 narcotic pills.[2]Inside the car’s
boot, officers also found a firearm described as a long-barreled weapon along
with matching ammunition and a flash drive.[1]The search additionally yielded
an organizational vest and a badge bearing the portrait of Abdullah Öcalan.[1]
Following the vehicle search, the driver was taken into custody and transported
to police headquarters for interrogation.[2]Security sources reported that
legal and administrative procedures regarding the suspect were continuing at the
police department.[1]
Case data
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The sources report the car was stopped around 00:20 following surveillance outside the governor's residence, but do not specify whether this was in the early hours of 11 February 2016 or the preceding night.
The 21 narcotic pills are not cannabis and are excluded from the cannabis seizure figure.
No formal charges, indictment or subsequent court outcome was reported after the initial police detention.
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