Acting on intelligence, public-order teams of the Dörtyol District Police Directorate searched a house in Çaylı Mahallesi in Dörtyol, Hatay, belonging to a man identified as M.A.[1] Officers detained M.A. in connection with the incident.[1] The Dörtyol district governor’s office named the detained man as 25-year-old Mevlüt A. and said a judicial investigation into him was started on the instructions of the duty public prosecutor.[2]

In the search, officers seized 1,250 grams of cannabis, described as esrar, which had been hidden inside beehives at the property.[1] They also seized three cannabis plants, described as Hint keneviri, planted in the garden, which the governor’s office said were 50 to 100 cm tall.[2] Officers additionally seized one precision scale, described as a hassas terazi, during the house search on Aksu Sokak in Çaylı Mahallesi.[2] A second local report of the same operation likewise reported 1 kilo 250 grams of cannabis and one precision scale seized from the beehive hiding place.[3]

The governor’s office said district police teams are continuing day-and-night work to prevent narcotics trafficking and to catch suspects.[2] No court outcome beyond the detention and the opened judicial investigation was reported in the cited sources.[2]