Kayseri police tracked two cars on the Kayseri-Malatya highway, treating one as a suspected drug vehicle and the other as its escort.[1] The driver of the suspected vehicle fled on foot and abandoned the vehicle on empty land.[2] Officers also stopped the escort car carrying M.K. and M.B.[2] Officers detained both occupants of the escort car after finding 22 grams of cannabis inside it.[2] The two occupants were later named as Murat Kaya and Mahmut Budunoğlu.[3] Both men were then remanded to prison by a court for alleged dealing in narcotic substances.[3]
The abandoned vehicle was taken to the police directorate car park, where officers found 145 kilograms 790 grams of cannabis hidden under the seats and in the luggage compartment.[2] Together with the 22 grams from the escort car, police reported a total seizure of 145 kilograms 812 grams of cannabis.[2] The fleeing vehicle was described as carrying Bursa plates.[1] The escort car was described as carrying Balıkesir plates and as being linked to the fleeing driver.[1]
The operation was carried out by Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Branch teams of the Kayseri police.[1] Police said work to catch the suspect who fled on foot was continuing.[2]
