One detained as 2.78 g cannabis and 9,746 pills seized in İlkadım
Police in İlkadım, Samsun, detained 30-year-old K.T.Ç. after finding 2.78 grams of cannabis alongside 9,746 synthetic pills and 7 ecstasy pills in his home and land. The suspect was sent to Samsun Courthouse as police opened a judicial process over the seized drugs.
Police detained 30-year-old K.T.Ç. in connection with the İlkadım drug
operation.[1]After his procedures were completed at the Samsun anti-narcotics
branch, he was transferred to Samsun Courthouse.[2]
The Samsun Provincial Police Directorate’s narcotics teams mounted the operation
in İlkadım district as part of work against drug trade.[2]Officers searched a
residence and adjoining land used by the suspect.[1]In the house and land
search, officers seized 9,746 synthetic pharma pills, 7 ecstasy pills and 2.78
grams of cannabis, called esrar in Turkish.[2]The same seizure is reported as
9,746 synthetic pills, 7 ecstasy pills and 2.78 grams of esrar, with the 2.78
grams equal to 0.00278 kilograms and the pills excluded from the cannabis
figure.[1]
Police confiscated the seized substances when K.T.Ç. was taken into custody.[2]Police started judicial proceedings over the items seized in the operation.[2]
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The submitted Merzifon page is dated 2 November 2026 while the İHA original is dated 25 October 2026; the report uses 25 October 2026 as the event date.
No outcome after the transfer to Samsun Courthouse was published.
All outlets republish the İHA wire and no independent agency statement was found.
Whether the accompanying photos show this seizure could not be visually confirmed, and the Merzifon photos crediting İHA are not listed separately as the same handout.
The 9,746 synthetic pharma pills and 7 ecstasy pills are non-cannabis substances and are excluded from the cannabis figure.
Bozüyük narcotics police seized cannabis in four pieces of an unspecified amount during anti-drug work in Bilecik. One suspect was caught for buying, accepting or possessing a narcotic substance for personal use.
Mersin police detained seven suspected street drug dealers, and searches of their persons, vehicles and homes found esrar alongside 1 kg 781 g of synthetic drugs. A court jailed all seven in pre-trial detention.
Antalya police carried out 29 anti-drug operations across the province in one week, catching 75 suspects and jailing 24 of those brought before the courts, with 20 released under judicial control. The operations seized 7.98 kilograms of esrar, the Turkish name for cannabis, and 75 cannabis plants, alongside a large synthetic cannabinoid haul and other drugs excluded from the cannabis figures.
Şırnak gendarmerie teams detained five suspects in a week of narcotics and smuggling operations across the province from 2 to 8 November 2026, and a court remanded three of them. Searches found 228 kenevir roots and 68 skunk plants, along with 2.1 kg of kubar esrar, a form of cannabis hashish.
Arrested 5Charged 3Plants destroyed 296Cannabis 2.1 kg
