Four detained in Karabağlar raid; 62 g of esrar seized with cocaine
İzmir police detained four suspects in Karabağlar after finding 0.93 grams of esrar on three buyers, then searched their homes and found 61.09 grams of esrar, 71.52 grams of cocaine, 364 pills and cash. The four were to be taken to the chief prosecutor's office.
Police in İzmir’s Karabağlar district raided an address identified as a place
where drugs were being sold and detained four suspects.[1]The four suspects
were identified only by initials, with ages of 31, 22, 23 and 30.[1]
Police found 0.93 grams of esrar, the Turkish term for cannabis, on three people
identified as buyers.[1]Officers then raided the suspects’ homes, where
searches found 61.09 grams of esrar.[1]The same searches turned up 71.52
grams of cocaine, 364 drug pills and a precision scale.[1]Officers also found
19,000 Turkish lira, 130 US dollars and 2,110 euros that police believed came
from crime.[1]
Legal proceedings were opened against the four, and they were to be taken to the
chief public prosecutor’s office after processing.[1]The account was
distributed by the İhlas Haber Ajansı (İHA) news agency.[2]
Photos and video
Illustration published above the İHA copy of the Karabağlar operation report, captioned with the headline; the image bears no visible credit.Photo details
The accounts give no date for the raid; 6 November 2026 is the publication date of the İHA dispatch carried by Haberler.com and is used as the incident date.
No charges were stated; the four suspects were to be taken to the chief prosecutor's office and no court outcome was reported.
No value was given for the cannabis, and the cash found is a single total police did not break down by offence.
The opened accounts reproduce the same İhlas Haber Ajansı dispatch, so they are not independent reporting.
The page image is captioned only with the headline and is not established as a photograph of this raid, so it is linked and not used as a cover.
Antalya gendarmes searched the homes of seven suspects in the Döşemealtı, Aksu and Alanya districts on the instructions of two public prosecutor's offices, seizing 2 kilos 123 grams of esrar, the Turkish name for cannabis. One suspect was jailed by a court, and the same searches found cocaine, synthetic pills, two handguns and money.
Gendarmes detained three suspects after raiding an indoor cannabis workshop in Adana that grew plants under a purpose-built air-conditioning system, according to the Interior Ministry. The searches found 17 kilograms of esrar and four standing air conditioners, and the ministry said the suspects were running a narcotics production and trading operation.
Police in İzmir's Karabağlar district detained three suspects, aged 21, 20 and 18, in a raid on homes and businesses where drugs and unlicensed weapons were said to be kept. Searches found 12.67 grams of esrar, 32 grams of pregabalin, eight drug pills and two unlicensed handguns, and police said the suspects' processing was still under way.
Police in Çumra, Konya, searched a residence and seized 2 kg 226 g of cannabis, a precision scale and an unlicensed pistol, detaining one suspect. A court remanded him in custody on a charge of drug trafficking after he was taken to the courthouse.
