59.1 kg cannabis seized in Izmir raids; 3 remanded
Izmir narcotics police seized 55 kg of esrar in Buca and 4.1 kg in a Seferihisar dog farm, totalling 59.1 kg. All three suspects, aged 26, 42 and 38, were detained and then remanded in custody.
Izmir police anti-narcotics teams raided the Buca home of 26-year-old Y.B. after
receiving information that he was storing drugs there.[1]Officers found 55
kilograms of esrar, the Turkish term for cannabis, hidden in the base of a bed.[1]Y.B. was detained, processed and sent to the courthouse, where a court
remanded him after prosecutors argued the drugs were held within 200 metres of a
school and requested an increased sentence.[1]
In Seferihisar, officers raided a dog farm where 42-year-old U.Ş.Ö. and
38-year-old Z.U.Ö. allegedly stored drugs obtained from abroad and eastern
provinces.[2]A search of a room housing dogs at the farm found 4 kilograms100 grams of esrar.[2]Both suspects were detained, processed and remanded by
the court they were brought before.[2]
Together the Buca and Seferihisar raids yielded 59 kilograms100 grams of esrar
and three remands in custody.[1]The operations were carried out by the Izmir
Emniyet Mudurlugu Narkotik Suclarla Mucadele Subesi, the city police
directorate’s anti-narcotics branch.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The articles give no separate dates for the Buca and Seferihisar raids; 24 November 2017 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
Suspects are identified only by initials and ages; full names were not published.
No court outcome beyond remand, including any trial, sentence or appeal, was reported.
The same articles describe separate 2-17 November city-wide operations with additional cannabis and non-cannabis seizures; that roundup is left out here as a different event.
Both accessible accounts republish the same AA agency report; no separate police statement could be opened directly.
Bozüyük narcotics police seized cannabis in four pieces of an unspecified amount during anti-drug work in Bilecik. One suspect was caught for buying, accepting or possessing a narcotic substance for personal use.
Mersin police detained seven suspected street drug dealers, and searches of their persons, vehicles and homes found esrar alongside 1 kg 781 g of synthetic drugs. A court jailed all seven in pre-trial detention.
Antalya police carried out 29 anti-drug operations across the province in one week, catching 75 suspects and jailing 24 of those brought before the courts, with 20 released under judicial control. The operations seized 7.98 kilograms of esrar, the Turkish name for cannabis, and 75 cannabis plants, alongside a large synthetic cannabinoid haul and other drugs excluded from the cannabis figures.
Şırnak gendarmerie teams detained five suspects in a week of narcotics and smuggling operations across the province from 2 to 8 November 2026, and a court remanded three of them. Searches found 228 kenevir roots and 68 skunk plants, along with 2.1 kg of kubar esrar, a form of cannabis hashish.
Arrested 5Charged 3Plants destroyed 296Cannabis 2.1 kg
