Sakarya raids seize 2,940 plants and 1.36 kg cannabis
Sakarya gendarmerie ran six operations in the Geyve and Karasu districts, seizing 2,940 cannabis plants and 1,362 grams of kubar esrar. A judicial investigation was opened against five suspects.
🇹🇷 Geyve and Karasu districts, Sakarya Province · Türkiye
Sakarya İl Jandarma Komutanlığı, the Sakarya provincial gendarmerie command,
mounted drug operations in the responsibility zones of its Geyve and Karasu
district commands.[1]Gendarmerie teams acted after tip-offs were received and
intelligence information was assessed.[1]The series comprised operations in
six separate areas carried out on different dates.[2]The operations were
described as part of the fight against unlawful cannabis cultivation.[1]A
judicial investigation was opened against five suspects in connection with the
incidents.[1]
Officers seized a total of 2,940 cannabis plants, described as kök kenevir, in
the operation series.[1]Officers also seized 1,362 grams of harvested
cannabis, described as kubar esrar, in the same operations.[2]The reports use
kök kenevir for cannabis plants and kubar esrar for harvested herbal cannabis.[1]
The six operations together produced the combined 2,940-plant and 1,362-gram
totals.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report on the Sakarya drug operation, captioned Sakarya'da uyuşturucu operasyonu.Photo details
The reports say the six operations took place on different dates but give no separate dates, so 31 August 2016, the publication date, is used as the incident date.
No names, detentions, charges or court outcomes for the five suspects were reported beyond the opening of a judicial investigation.
No per-district or per-area breakdown of the plants or harvested cannabis was given.
Both accessible accounts reproduce the same Anadolu Agency dispatch, so no independent second account was found.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Habertürk: The Anadolu Agency dateline places the operations in Sakarya, where the Geyve and Karasu responsibility zones lie.
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