Eskişehir: 59 suspects processed in a week, 6 jailed, 994 g of esrar seized
Police and gendarmerie in Eskişehir took action against 59 suspects in 44 drug incidents between 2 and 8 November 2026, and the courts remanded six of them in pre-trial detention while 51 were released. The week's searches seized 994.24 grams of esrar, the Turkish name for cannabis, alongside synthetic pills, methamphetamine, cocaine and bonzai, none of which are counted as cannabis here.
🇹🇷 Eskişehir · Türkiye
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Arrested
59
Charged
6
Released
51
Cannabis
994.24 g
Agencies
Eskişehir İl Emniyet Müdürlüğü, Eskişehir İl Jandarma Komutanlığı
Police and gendarmerie teams took judicial action against 59 suspects in
Eskişehir during the week.[1]The courts remanded six of the suspects in
pre-trial detention, and 51 were released.[1]Police and gendarmerie teams
handled 44 drug incidents in Eskişehir between 2 and 8 November 2026.[1]
The searches found 994.24 grams of esrar, the Turkish name for cannabis.[1]Officers also seized 4,868 synthetic pharmaceutical pills, 27.51 grams of
methamphetamine, 11.22 grams of bonzai and 0.24 grams of cocaine; bonzai is a
synthetic cannabinoid and none of these are counted as cannabis here.[1]
The provincial governorate published the figures together with the provincial
police directorate and the provincial gendarmerie command.[1]The tally covers
every drug in the week’s work, and the sources give no breakdown of which
incidents or suspects involved cannabis.[1]A second account of the same
governorate statement gives the same 44 incidents and 59 suspects, with six
remanded and 51 released.[2]A SonDakika.com account of the same governorate
statement gives the same 44 incidents, 59 suspects, six detentions and 51
releases.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
59
Charged
6
Released
51
Cannabis
994.24 g
Agencies
Eskişehir İl Emniyet Müdürlüğü; Eskişehir İl Jandarma Komutanlığı
Şanlıurfa narcotics police stopped a passenger bus and two cars on suspicion and seized 17 kilograms 200 grams of skunk, a potent form of cannabis. The three suspects detained over the case were remanded in custody after being brought before a court, and the investigation continues.
Customs officers at the Esendere border gate in Hakkari stopped a Turkish traveller arriving from Iran and found 49.56 grams of suspected cannabis hidden in his shoe soles. The Yüksekova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the seizure.
Gendarmerie teams in Odunpazarı, Eskişehir, searched a home following an investigation into illicit drug production and seized 310 grams of esrar and six cannabis plants. One suspect was detained and faces investigation for drug possession and unlawful cannabis cultivation.
Nevşehir anti-narcotics police placed 14 people under judicial proceedings after a week of operations, including 12 reported drug users and two accused of violating Law No. 2313. Officers seized a cannabis-growing setup, 11 cannabis seeds and 1.62 grams of kubar esrar alongside methamphetamine, synthetic cannabinoids and pills that are not counted as cannabis.