7 detained as Izmir police find esrar, synthetics and 1,320 pills
Police in Karşıyaka, Izmir, raided three addresses in Örnekköy Mahallesi at once and took seven suspects into custody, including a 16-year-old subject to an arrest warrant. Search teams found cannabis (esrar), synthetic drugs and 1,320 pills along with two shotguns, cash and phones, but published no weight for the cannabis.
Police teams from Karşıyaka district’s security directorate raided three
addresses at the same time in Örnekköy Mahallesi, Karşıyaka, Izmir, after
determining that drugs were kept there.[1]Seven suspects were taken into
custody in the operation.[1]A 16-year-old suspect who was already the subject
of an arrest warrant was also caught during the raids.[1]The suspects’
procedures at the police station were continuing and the final charges and any
judicial measures against them had not been set.[2]
Searches of the addresses found cannabis, reported as esrar, the Turkish term
for herbal cannabis, alongside synthetic drugs and 1,320 synthetic drug pills.[1]Officers also seized two pump-action shotguns, two loaded cartridges,
12,125 Turkish lira in cash and two mobile phones.[1]
Photos and video
Lead picture on the Arabic-language report of the Karşıyaka raids; the page credits no photographer and does not state that the image shows this operation's seizure.Photo details
No weight was published for the esrar found at the addresses, so no cannabis quantity can be recorded.
The Arabic account says eight people were taken in, counting the 16-year-old separately, while the Turkish reports say seven suspects were detained and the wanted teenager was also caught; the report uses seven.
The sources give no separate date for the raid; 5 November 2026, the Turkish report's publication date and the day before the Arabic report, is used.
The Arabic report describes hashish where the Turkish report describes esrar; the report follows the Turkish account.
No charges or court outcome were reported; police processing was continuing.
The lead picture could not be confirmed to show this operation's seizure, so it is linked rather than 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.
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.
