257 kg cannabis seized in Şanlıurfa; 6 detained in two operations
Şanlıurfa police seized 257 kilograms of cannabis hidden in wheat on a highway truck and 350 grams in dawn raids on five city addresses. Six people were detained, including the truck driver and five suspected street dealers, as police said the truckload was moving from Diyarbakır to Mersin.
Police detained the truck driver, identified only as Ş.A.[1]In the second
operation, officers detained five suspected dealers identified only by the
initials R.C., O.D., M.D., M.Y. and A.A.[1]Together, the two operations led
to six detentions.[2]
Officers of the Police Directorate stopped a wheat-loaded truck with licence
plate 34 L 6010 at a road checkpoint after finding it suspicious.[3]A search
of the truck found 257 kilograms of esrar, the Turkish term for cannabis, hidden
inside the wheat.[1]The truck was carrying a load of wheat used to conceal
the cannabis.[1]In the city operation, officers seized350 grams of esrar
described as ready for sale.[1]That city operation was an early-morning
simultaneous action at five addresses targeting suspected sellers.[1]
Police said the cannabis found in the truck was being carried from Diyarbakır to
Mersin.[3]The accounts present the highway interception and the city
operation as two drug operations in Şanlıurfa.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The articles give no separate date for the road check or the dawn raids; 21 September 2016 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The combined cannabis total of 257.35 kilograms adds the reported 257 kilograms and 350 grams; headlines state 257 kilograms, apparently referring to the truck load alone.
Detainees were identified only by initials, so full names were not published.
No charges, custody rulings or court outcomes after the detentions were reported.
The accessible accounts all repeat the same Anadolu Agency copy, and no separate official statement could be opened.
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