Two jailed after hashish and cocaine seized in Maltepe and Kartal raids
Police in Istanbul arrested two men, aged 34 and 26, in operations in Maltepe and Kartal on 29 October 2026, and a court jailed both pending trial on drug-trafficking charges. Officers seized 1 kg 370 g of cocaine, 1 kg 175 g of hashish and 15.75 g of marijuana, plus an unlicensed pistol and 172,150 liras in cash.
Police carried out drug operations in the Istanbul districts of Maltepe and
Kartal on 29 October 2026.[1][2][3]M.B., 34, ran when police ordered him to stop in
Gülensu neighbourhood, Maltepe.[1][2]S.A., 26, was detained as he left a
building in Hürriyet neighbourhood, Kartal, that police had under surveillance
as a drug stash.[1][2][3]Both were sent to court after questioning and jailed
pending trial on a charge of manufacturing and trading narcotics.[1][2][4][3]
A search of his home found 0.75 g of marijuana, an unlicensed pistol, 11
cartridges and 5,600 liras.[1][2]
At the Kartal address, officers found 1 kg370 g of cocaine, 15 g of marijuana,
two precision scales, many clip-seal bags, a mobile phone and 166,550 liras.[1][2]Police said the two operations together seized1 kg370 g of cocaine, 1 kg175 g of hashish, 15.75 g of marijuana, an unlicensed pistol, 11 cartridges, two
precision scales, many clip-seal bags, a mobile phone and 172,150 liras in cash.[5][2][6][4][3]
The operations were run by the Istanbul police department’s Maltepe district
teams against suspected drug traders.[1][2]
M.B. threw a vacuum-sealed bag holding 1 kg175 g of hashish to the ground as he fled, and officers recovered it after catching him.[2][3]
The court remanded both men on 30 October 2026.[4]
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Yeni Şafak's summary gives a combined total of 2 kg 545 g, which matches the cocaine and hashish alone and leaves out the 15.75 g of marijuana; this report uses the itemised weights instead.
The reports do not give the date of the court hearing that ordered the two men held; 29 October 2026 is the date of the police operations.
Both accounts are agency copy, by DHA and İHA, with near-identical wording; no indictment, trial date or court record was found.
The suspects are identified only by the initials M.B. and S.A.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Yeni Şafak: After a short chase, officers caught him and found 1 kg 175 g of esrar, or hashish, in a vacuum-sealed bag he had thrown to the ground.
DHA gives no photographer credit for its lead photograph of the operation and captions it only with the headline.
The 30 October remand date is inferred from “today” in a story published that day; the text does not state a separate date for the court order.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Mersin Haber: M.B., 34, ran when police ordered him to stop in Gülensu neighbourhood, Maltepe.
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.
Gaziantep anti-narcotics police searched a car in the city and seized 12 kilograms of skunk, a form of cannabis, detaining one suspect. The operation, coordinated by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, targeted drug sellers, and the suspect was referred to the judicial authorities.
