Gendarmerie officers stopped a private car carrying a suspect identified only as R.A. at the control point at Ikisu village on the Gumushane-Trabzon highway.[1] Intelligence work had indicated that R.A., travelling by private car on the highway, would bring narcotic drugs into Gumushane province across its borders.[1] On the public prosecutor’s instructions, officers opened a judicial investigation against R.A. for using and possessing narcotic or stimulant drugs under Article 191 of the Turkish Penal Code.[1]

Officers searching R.A. and the car found 27 grams of cannabis described in the reports as kubar esrar.[2] The reports say the 27 grams were intended to be brought into the city and were taken into safekeeping.[1]

The operation was carried out by teams of the Narcotic Crimes Branch Directorate and the Merkez District Gendarmerie Command under the Gumushane Provincial Gendarmerie Command.[1] The provincial command described the work as part of continuous field efforts to prevent the manufacture, trade and use of drugs across the province.[1] After evaluating the intelligence, the teams increased security measures on the identified routes before stopping the car at Ikisu.[1]