District gendarmerie teams raided a greenhouse belonging to A.K. in Büyükbelen neighbourhood in Saruhanlı district of Manisa province, where olive seedlings were being grown.[1] Officers searching pots inside the greenhouse found cannabis plants alongside 40 grams of kubar esrar, the Turkish term for cannabis.[1] A.K. and a companion identified only as İ.K. were detained during the operation.[2] After questioning at the prosecutor’s office, both detainees were referred to court and remanded in custody.[1]
A corroborating account says officers from the Halitpaşa gendarmerie station acted on a tip that A.K. was growing cannabis among olive seedlings in his greenhouse in Büyükbelen.[2] It describes the seizure as potted cannabis plants plus 40 grams of cannabis left to dry, and says the plants were uprooted to be destroyed.[2] It identifies A.K. as a resident of Büyükbelen and says both suspects were sent to the courthouse after gendarmerie procedures and remanded.[2] The two detainees were the only people reported as held in the operation.[2]
