Anamur District Gendarmerie Command’s special anti-drug team carried out operations at three separate addresses after intelligence and technical work.[1] In forestland at Ören Mahallesi, officers seized 852 cannabis plants said to have been planted by S.K., 44, and M.B., 32.[1] S.K. and M.B. were caught with two hunting rifles in a house used to watch the planted field.[1] Acting on the detainees’ statements, officers found another 300 cannabis plants in forestland at TOKİ Beleni, and the suspects were remanded by the court after questioning at the gendarmerie.[1]

In a separate operation at Tenzile in Çamlıpınaralanı Mahallesi, officers seized 70 cannabis plants grown in forestland.[1] Officers detained M.D., 36, in that operation and found 40 grams of kubar esrar during a search of his house.[1] After court referral, M.D. was released to be tried without detention.[1] In Hacınuhlu neighbourhood in Mut district, gendarmerie teams staged an operation after receiving a tip that cannabis was being grown at a house.[1]

In the garden there, officers seized 400 planted cannabis plants and 2 kilograms of ready-to-sell kubar esrar.[1] B.K., detained in the Mut operation, was remanded by the court after procedures at the gendarmerie.[1] Across the Anamur and Mut operations, officers reported seizing a total of 1,622 cannabis plants and 2 kilograms 40 grams of kubar esrar.[1]