Driver remanded as 60 kg cannabis found in minibus vents in Osmaniye
Police stopped a minibus driven by C.K. at the Kadirli toll booths in Osmaniye and found 60 kg of cannabis hidden in its ventilation compartment. The driver was detained and subsequently remanded in custody by a court.
🇹🇷 Kadirli toll booths, Tarsus-Osmaniye-Gaziantep highway, Osmaniye · Türkiye
Teams from the Osmaniye Provincial Police Directorate’s narcotics-crimes branch
were carrying out a roadside vehicle check at the Kadirli toll booths on the
Tarsus-Osmaniye-Gaziantep highway.[1]During that check, officers stopped the
minibus bearing licence plate 41 NS 201, which was being driven by C.K., because
they considered it suspicious.[1]When officers searched the stopped minibus,
they found wrapped parcels deliberately hidden inside its ventilation
compartment.[1]Officers described the hiding place as the overhead
ventilation section mounted above the body of the minibus.[2]The hidden
parcels together weighed 60 kilograms in total and contained cannabis, the drug
known in Turkish as esrar.[2]
Police detained the driver, identified only by the initials C.K., immediately
after officers discovered the concealed cannabis in the ventilation section.[1]After completing custody procedures at the police station, officers
transferred C.K. from police custody to the courthouse for a judicial decision.[1]The court then ordered C.K. to be remanded in custody, the custodial
detention outcome reported in Turkish as tutuklandı.[2]
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