25 held after 33 raids in Kastamonu's Şahan operation; 2.85 g cannabis found
Police in Kastamonu detained 35 people in the Şahan operation, a simultaneous sweep of 33 addresses in the Kastamonu area, Hanönü, İnebolu, Daday, Çankırı and Samsun, and a court remanded 25 of them. The searches found 2.85 grams of esrar, the only cannabis in a haul dominated by 254.73 grams of methamphetamine and 250.84 grams of bonzai, a synthetic cannabinoid.
🇹🇷 Kastamonu, with addresses in Hanönü, İnebolu, Daday, Çankırı and Samsun · Türkiye
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Arrested
35
Charged
25
Released
10
Cannabis
2.85 g
Agencies
Kastamonu Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı, Kastamonu İl Emniyet Müdürlüğü Narkotik Suçlarla Mücadele Şube Müdürlüğü
Police in Kastamonu detained 35 people in the Şahan operation, a sweep against
people accused of drug trading and drug use.[1]A court remanded 25 suspects
in pre-trial detention and sent them to prison; nine were released under
judicial control and one was freed after giving a statement.[2]
The operation, begun on Tuesday 3 November 2026, was coordinated by the
Kastamonu public prosecutor’s office and carried out by the provincial police
directorate’s narcotics branch.[1]Officers raided 33 addresses at the same
time: 28 in the Kastamonu city centre and one each in Hanönü, İnebolu, Daday,
Çankırı and Samsun.[2]The sweep was named after Ahmet Şahan, an officer
killed in an armed attack by an armed drug user on 1 August 2024 while serving
in the narcotics branch.[1]
The searches found 254.73 grams of methamphetamine, 250.84 grams of bonzai, 127
synthetic pills, 5.74 grams of cocaine and 2.85 grams of esrar, the Turkish name
for cannabis.[1]Bonzai is a synthetic cannabinoid and is not counted as
cannabis, so the 2.85 grams of esrar is the only cannabis quantity in the haul.[1]Officers also found three precision scales, 49 items of drug-use equipment,
napkins soaked in bonzai and 68,600 lira in cash assessed as proceeds of crime.[1]The searches also turned up one unlicensed handgun, a magazine, 52 rounds
of 7.65 millimetre ammunition, two unlicensed rifles and 62 rifle cartridges.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
35
Charged
25
Released
10
Cannabis
2.85 g
Sites
33
Cash confiscated
TRY 68,600
Agencies
Kastamonu Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı; Kastamonu İl Emniyet Müdürlüğü Narkotik Suçlarla Mücadele Şube Müdürlüğü
The sources count 25 suspects as tutuklandı (remanded in custody) and give no formal charges, so no specific offence is recorded.
No suspect is named, and the reports do not say which addresses yielded the 2.85 grams of esrar or the other drugs.
The 2.85 grams of esrar is a small part of a haul dominated by methamphetamine, bonzai and synthetic pills; no cannabis plants, cultivated area or value were reported.
The raid is dated to 3 November 2026, but the remand and release decisions were reported on 7 November and the date of the court hearings is not given.
Kastamonu is the coordination centre, but addresses in Çankırı and Samsun provinces were also raided, so no single tighter place can be given.
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.
