Three remanded after police seize 143.6 kg of cannabis in Şanlıurfa
Police stopped cars on the Diyarbakır–Şanlıurfa highway near Hilvan on 8 May 2017 and seized 143.6 kg of packaged cannabis at the Bozova junction. Three people were detained and remanded on drug-trafficking grounds.
🇹🇷 Bozova road junction, near Hilvan, Şanlıurfa · Türkiye
Police stopped a car on the Diyarbakır–Şanlıurfa highway on 8 May 2017.[1]The
Şanlıurfa Provincial Police Narcotics Branch had received information that
cannabis was to be transported from Diyarbakır to Suruç and followed two cars,
one serving as a lead vehicle, near the entrance to Hilvan.[2]Officers
stopped the cars at the Bozova road junction and found 143 kilos600 grams
(143.6 kg) of packaged cannabis in the vehicle carrying the consignment.[2]Hürriyet identifies the driver as Fehmi Ş., says officers found the cannabis in
a concealed compartment in the car’s trunk, and names the stopping officers as
members of the Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Branch.[1]
Police detained the driver and two passengers, İzzet B. and Hüseyin A.[1]After questioning at the police station, all three were sent to the courthouse.[1]A court remanded them on a drug-trafficking offense; Hürriyet’s account
also describes the offense as trafficking and transporting narcotics.[1]
Case data
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