1.5 tons of Albanian skunk seized in Muğla, three held
Turkish gendarmerie seized 1.5 tons of skunk smuggled from Albania by speedboat in Muğla's Dalaman district and detained three suspects. Albania's president called the seizure a sign of high domestic cannabis production.
Turkish gendarmerieseized1.5 tons of skunk, a potent strain of cannabis, smuggled into the country from Albania in an operation in the Dalaman district of Muğla province.[1]Three suspects were detained in connection with the shipment.[1]
The investigation was led by prosecutors in Izmir on intelligence that smugglers would bring a large shipment of drugs into Turkey by sea.[1]After surveillance by Izmir gendarmerie troops, security forces learned the shipment would arrive aboard a speedboat in Muğla.[1]Officers captured the suspects as they stashed bags of the drug in a forested area near the coast.[1]
Albanian President Ilir Meta reacted to the seizure of 1.5 tons of cannabis in Turkey, calling it a sign that hashish was still produced in Albania at a high rate and urging a full investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.[2]
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Security officers stand next to bags of the seized drugs in Muğla on 7 December 2021. Photo: AAPhoto details
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7 December 2021 is the announcement date, so the seizure itself may have happened just before that day.
The names of the three detained suspects were not published.
No charges, court date or outcome were reported.
The reports do not say whether the speedboat used to land the shipment was seized.
In a simultaneous two-address raid in Bartın, police found harvested hemp plants dried on a clothesline and turned into marijuana, seizing 2 kg 100 g of marijuana and one blank-firing pistol; two people were detained and a third suspect remains at large. The anti-trafficking investigation is continuing.
İzmir's narcotics operation seized 1,367.5 kg of skunk alongside ecstasy and pregabalin, with detentions rising from 11 in the first stage to 17. The alleged organisation leader, wanted for seven years, was caught hiding in Menderes.
Şanlıurfa gendarmes stopped a passenger bus on the Diyarbakır-Şanlıurfa highway and searched a suitcase belonging to a passenger, finding 1 kilogram 467 grams of esrar, the Turkish term for cannabis. One suspect was detained and held for referral to judicial authorities.
Bozüyük narcotics police searched a vehicle and one person and seized 5 kg 400 g of skunk and 2 kg 200 g of cocaine; the suspect was remanded by the court.
