One detained as Malatya police seize 3 kg 278 g of esrar from street dealers
Malatya provincial police detained one suspect on 8 November 2026 in an operation against street-level drug dealers, seizing 3 kg 278 g of esrar, the Turkish name for cannabis. The police directorate said its anti-drug work against street sellers across the city would continue; no charge or court date was reported.
Malatya provincial police directorate teams detained one suspect in an operation against
street-level drug dealers on 8 November 2026.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]The directorate’s
narcotics branch, the Narkotik Suçlarla Mücadele Şube Müdürlüğü, acted after physical and technical
surveillance of street sellers[11][2][12][13][4][5][14][8][15][10][16], under the coordination of the Malatya
Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.[6]
Searches of the suspect’s person and his address produced 3,278 grams of esrar, the Turkish name for
cannabis.[1][11][17][2][12][18][19][13][4][5][6][20][7][14][8][9][15][10][16]It was displayed in separate packages[20]and confiscated.[14]The suspect was taken into custody as someone assessed to be linked to drug
dealing[1][18][8], and his questioning and judicial processing at the police station were continuing.[19][3]Police said operations against drug trafficking and street sellers across the province would
continue.[1][9]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Only one account of this operation was found; it is an agency dispatch published by Malatya Haber and was not corroborated by a second opened source.
No neighbourhood, address or specific street within Malatya was named for the operation.
No weight breakdown, estimated street value, charge, court date or outcome for the single suspect was reported.
The reports do not say whether the esrar was found on the suspect, in a vehicle or at an address.
The page's article image is the site's generic placeholder captioned only with the headline, so no photo of the seizure could be confirmed and none is listed.
The Haberler.com account is an İhlas Haber Ajansı dispatch. A second Malatya Güncel İLKHA page covering the same operation was read but could not be quoted against the saved capture, so it contributes no separate fact.
Haber365 is dated and timed 9 November 2026 at 23:07 and gives no separate operation date; the report's 8 November date comes from the account it already cites.
Haber365 says the suspect was caught red-handed ('suçüstü yakalama'), which the report does not state.
No neighbourhood within Malatya, weight breakdown, value, charge or court date is given.
Bitlis Haber and İhlas Haber Ajansı give no separate date for the raid; 9 November 2026 is the publication date, and 8 November 2026 remains the incident date from the account the report already cites.
Aksiyon states no neighbourhood or street within Malatya for the address that was searched, and no charge or court date for the suspect.
Malatya24 gives 8 November 2026 as the operation date, which corroborates the incident date the report already uses.
The İHA lead image carries no caption or credit identifying what it depicts of this seizure.
Malatya24 records no suspect name, age, neighbourhood, charge or court date.
Malatya24 says the seized material was found at an address that was raided, while the İHA dispatch says searches were made on the suspect's person and at his address; the report's wording covers both.
Haberport gives no separate date for the searches; 9 November 2026 is its publication date, and 8 November 2026 remains the incident date from the account the report already cites.
Haberport names no neighbourhood, street or address within Malatya, and gives no charge, court date or value for the esrar.
The page's two images repeat the headline and the phrase about an operation against street sellers, with no credit, so neither is confirmed to show this seizure.
Haber49 gives no separate date for the operation; 9 November 2026 is its publication date, and 8 November 2026 remains the incident date from the accounts the report already cites.
Malatya Olay Haber states the operation date as 8 November 2026 and is published on 9 November 2026 at 23:00; Bu Sabah Malatya also gives 8 November but does not describe the searches themselves, so it does not independently date the operation.
Malatya Olay Haber names no neighbourhood, street or address within Malatya for the searched address.
Bu Sabah Malatya's article image carries no caption or credit beyond the headline and is not confirmed to show this seizure.
Bu Sabah Malatya attributes its account to a 'Haber Bülteni' (news bulletin) and gives no named agency, so it may restate the same police statement as the other accounts.
Hey Haber gives no separate date for the operation; 9 November 2026 at 21:16 is its publication time, and the report keeps 8 November 2026 from the accounts it already cites.
Hey Haber names no neighbourhood, street or address within Malatya and gives no charge, court date, weight breakdown or estimated value.
This account is another restatement of the same Malatya police statement and is not independent reporting of the operation.
The article gives no separate date for the search; 9 November 2026 is its publication date, and the report keeps 8 November 2026 from the accounts it already cites.
The page places the whole seizure at the suspect's home, while the İHA dispatch says searches covered his person and his address; the report's existing wording covers both.
Güneş TV gives no neighbourhood, street or address within Malatya for the searched residence.
The article reports no weight breakdown, estimated street value, charge, court date or outcome for the suspect.
Malatya Söz gives no separate date for the operation beyond the 8 November 2026 it states, and 9 November 2026 is its publication date.
The Malatya Söz page names no neighbourhood, street or address within Malatya and gives no charge, court date, weight breakdown or estimated value.
İLKHA gives no separate date for the operation; 9 November 2026 at 23:05 is its publication time, and 8 November 2026 remains the incident date from the accounts the report already cites.
İLKHA names no neighbourhood, street or address within Malatya and gives no charge, court date or estimated value for the esrar.
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.
