Gaziantep police anti-narcotics officers searched a car and seized 12 kilograms of skunk, a potent form of cannabis sold under that name in Türkiye, and detained one suspect.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] The officers of the Gaziantep Provincial Police Directorate’s narcotics branch ran the search as part of work against drug sellers.[17][15] Intelligence work and physical surveillance identified the target vehicle, which security forces then stopped.[14] Narcotics officers of the Gaziantep Provincial Police Directorate stopped a light commercial vehicle on suspicion at a checkpoint on the intercity highway.[2][18] The operation was carried out under the coordination of the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, the provincial prosecutor’s office.[19][3][4][7][9][10][12][13][14][15] The person caught in connection with the incident was taken to the police station and then referred to the judicial authorities after processing.[1] After the referral to the judicial authorities, the person’s questioning and custody status continued at the police station according to other accounts.[17]

The 12 kilograms of skunk found in the car were seized as evidence.[19][2][12] The 12 kilograms of skunk were recovered from a car, not from a house or a field.[20][6] During the search officers examined an electric oven in the boot and found the skunk hidden among the insulation material at the rear of the device.[2][18] Officers carried out the search of the vehicle with the assistance of a detector dog.[3][4][6][8][9][10][11][12][13][16]