İzmir provincial gendarmerie teams determined that a suspect identified only as K.A. was illegally growing cannabis with a climate-control method in his home in Fevzi Çakmak Mahallesi, Balçova.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Officers raided that address the previous day.[1][4][5][7] K.A. was taken into custody and, after gendarmerie processing, was referred to the courthouse and remanded in custody.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][9][10][11]

The search of the home seized 1 kilo 219 grams of skunk.[1][2][3][4][6][7][8][9][10][11] Officers also seized 4 rooted skunk plants.[1][2][3][4][6][7][9][10] Officers also seized one drug-grinding device and various climate-control materials.[1][2][3][4][7]

The gendarmerie said the work was part of its effort to prevent drug manufacturing and trafficking.[1][2] The accounts describe both the harvested drug and the plants as skunk.[12]