Türkiye’s Trade Ministry Customs Enforcement teams carried out four separate operations at the Kapıkule, Hamzabeyli and İpsala customs gates in Edirne and at Istanbul Airport, seizing a total of 459 kg 599 g of drugs.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] The ministry’s 4 November 2026 statement put the breakdown at 118 kg 658 g of cocaine, 325 kg 941 g of esrar, the Turkish term for cannabis recorded here as cannabis, and 15 kg of heroin.[1][4][7][9][13][14][16][17] Judicial investigations into the four operations were being conducted by the Edirne, Gaziosmanpaşa and İpsala chief public prosecutor’s offices.[1][3][4][6][21][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

At Kapıkule, officers judged a vehicle entering the customs area suspicious after risk analysis and sent it for X-ray screening, where they found suspicious density in its fuel tank.[1][2][5][6][8][12] A detailed search there recovered 109 packages holding 118 kg 658 g of cocaine and 32 packages holding 25 kg 744 g of esrar.[1][2][3][4][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][22][15][16][17][18][19][20] At Hamzabeyli, a truck entering Türkiye was X-rayed after a risk assessment.[1][2][6] Officers searched its fuel tank with narcotics detector dogs YAPPA and ATLAS after suspicious density was found, and after the dogs reacted they found 85 packages holding a total of 81 kg 134 g of esrar.[1][2][3][4][6][7][8][9][10][23][11][12][13][22][15][16][17][18][19][20] At İpsala, a truck entering Türkiye was sent for X-ray screening after risk-analysis work.[1][2][6] After checks with narcotics detector dog İDA, a detailed examination of the suspect section found 200 packages containing 219 kg 63 g of esrar.[1][2][3][4][6][7][8][9][10][23][11][12][13][22][15][16][17][24][19][20]

At Istanbul Airport, officers checked the luggage of three incoming passengers identified through risk analysis.[1][2][3][4][6][8][9][10][11][12][13][22][16][18][19][20] The examination there found a total of 15 kg of heroin-type drugs.[1][2][3][4][6][8][9][11][13][14][19][20] The statement stressed that Customs Enforcement teams continue the fight against smuggling using advanced systems, risk-analysis work and specialist staff.[1]