Gendarmerie seizes 8.5 tons of buried hashish in Lice; six detained
Gendarmerie forces seized 8.5 tons of hashish buried in a small hamlet in Lice district, Diyarbakır, in a dawn operation on 11 March 2010 and detained six people. Investigators examined whether the drugs were linked to armed Kurdish militants, Anatolia said.
Turkish security forces seized8.5 tons of hashish in the country’s southeast on
Thursday and detained six people, media reports said.[1]The haul was found
buried in a small hamlet in Diyarbakır’s Lice district in a dawn operation by
gendarmerie forces, the CNNTürk news channel said.[1]
Possible militant link examined
Investigators were examining whether the drugs were linked to armed Kurdish
militants waging a long campaign against the Turkish military, the Anatolia news
agency said.[1]Turkey accuses the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) of
narcotics and people smuggling; the PKK is listed as a terrorist organisation by
Turkey, the United States and the European Union.[1]
Case data
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Customs officers at the Esendere border gate in Hakkari stopped a Turkish traveller arriving from Iran and found 49.56 grams of suspected cannabis hidden in his shoe soles. The Yüksekova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the seizure.
Gendarmerie teams in Odunpazarı, Eskişehir, searched a home following an investigation into illicit drug production and seized 310 grams of esrar and six cannabis plants. One suspect was detained and faces investigation for drug possession and unlawful cannabis cultivation.
Nevşehir anti-narcotics police placed 14 people under judicial proceedings after a week of operations, including 12 reported drug users and two accused of violating Law No. 2313. Officers seized a cannabis-growing setup, 11 cannabis seeds and 1.62 grams of kubar esrar alongside methamphetamine, synthetic cannabinoids and pills that are not counted as cannabis.
Gaziantep anti-narcotics police searched a car in the city and seized 12 kilograms of skunk, a form of cannabis, detaining one suspect. The operation, coordinated by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, targeted drug sellers, and the suspect was referred to the judicial authorities.
