Two held in Nazilli as 249 g cannabis and 7 shotguns are seized
Gendarmerie teams searching four addresses in Nazilli, Aydın, on 4 November 2026 detained İ. A., 38, and S. A., 45. Officers seized 249 grams of kubar esrar (cannabis) along with 7 hunting shotguns, 190 cartridges and digital devices in an investigation into gun trafficking.
🇹🇷 Nazilli, Aydın · Türkiye
Arrested
2
Cannabis
249 g
Gendarmerie teams searched four addresses in Nazilli, in Aydın province, on 4
November 2026.[1]The searches were run jointly by the Nazilli district
gendarmerie, the gendarmerie’s organised-crime (KOM) branch and its
anti-narcotics branch, under the Aydın provincial gendarmerie command.[1]The
teams carried out the searches at the four addresses simultaneously.[2]Officers detained two suspects in the operation, identified in the reports by
the initials İ. A., aged 38, and S. A., aged 45.[1]Aydın Ses Gazetesi
described both detainees as men and said they were taken to the gendarmerie to
be referred to prosecutors after processing.[2]
The searches turned up 249 grams of kubar esrar, the Turkish term for pressed
cannabis resin, along with 7 hunting shotguns and 190 shotgun cartridges.[1]The operation was part of an investigation into gun trafficking, and the
Provençal (KOM) branch searches began in more than four homes.[1]
The Aydın provincial gendarmerie said its teams carried out the searches under
an investigation into gun trading, and the first reports expected the detainees
to be brought to court the same day.[1]
The reports name no neighbourhood or street within Nazilli, only the district.
No charge, court decision or later outcome was reported; the suspects were still in gendarmerie custody when the reports were published.
The two accounts restate the same provincial gendarmerie statement, so the figures are not independently corroborated.
No estimated street value was published for the 249 grams of cannabis or the shotguns.
Haberler credits its text to İhlas Haber Ajansı, and the same story was republished by dozens of sites, so the outlets are not separate reporting.
The page photo, captioned only with the headline, shows the back of a gendarmerie officer and is not established to show the seizure, so no media entry is included.
The digital devices were seized but neither report says what they contained.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Aydın Ses Gazetesi: Officers also seized digital devices belonging to the suspects for examination.
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Gendarmerie stopped a car carrying suspect R.A. at Ikisu on the Gumushane-Trabzon highway and seized 27 grams of cannabis described as kubar esrar. An investigation was opened against R.A. for drug use and possession under Article 191 of the Turkish Penal Code.
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