Two held as 115 kg of cannabis found in truck tyres in Izmir
Police in Karabağlar, İzmir, seized 115 kg of cannabis hidden in a truck's tyres and a workplace box and detained two suspects. One suspect was remanded in custody while his stepfather was released pending trial.
İzmir’s anti-drug police acted after receiving a tip that 26-year-old M.C. and
his 46-year-old stepfather E.Ö. had brought drugs to the city and were storing
them at a workplace in Karabağlar district.[1]Officers detained both men and
sent them to the courthouse.[1]M.C. was remanded in custody, while E.Ö. was
released to be tried without detention.[1]
Police searched the workplace and the truck parked in front of it with the
assistance of a narcotics dog.[1]In bags concealed inside the truck’s four
normally non-load-bearing tyres and its spare tyre, officers found 113 kilograms
of cannabis.[1]Officers also found 2 kilograms of cannabis in a cardboard box
inside the workplace, bringing the total seizure to 115 kilograms.[1]
The tip had identified both the shipment into İzmir and the Karabağlar workplace
as its storage point.[1]The operation was carried out by teams of the
Anti-Drug Branch Directorate.[1]The truck was empty at the time, so the four
tyres searched were those that do not touch the ground when unloaded, plus the
spare tyre.[1]
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