Four held as police seize 1.5 tonnes of skunk in Urla
Narcotics police in İzmir's Urla district detained four suspects and seized about 1.5 tonnes of skunk cannabis after tracing the haul from the Greek islands to two rented plots in Demircili. Investigators said the drug arrived by luxury yacht and that the case had an international dimension.
Narcotics officers detained four suspects and seized about 1.5 tonnes of skunk
cannabis in a raid in the Urla district of İzmir.[1]About 100 police officers
and two sniffer dogs took part in the operation.[1]The four were held in
gözaltı, the Turkish term for police custody.[1]
Police established that the suspects had rented two plots of land in Demircili,
a neighbourhood of Urla.[1]Houses stood on the two rented plots of land.[1]The suspects brought the drug into Turkey by luxury yacht.[1]The raid
followed about two months of surveillance.[1]
The skunk was found to have been brought to Turkey from the Greek islands.[1]The drug is a cannabis product that Turkish reports describe as genetically
modified esrar.[1]
The İzmir provincial security directorate’s narcotics branch began the case
after information that drugs were being brought into Turkey by sea.[1]The
investigation was examining the international dimension of the case.[1]
Case data
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Customs officers at the Esendere border gate in Hakkari stopped a Turkish traveller arriving from Iran and found 49.56 grams of suspected cannabis hidden in his shoe soles. The Yüksekova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the seizure.
Gendarmerie teams in Odunpazarı, Eskişehir, searched a home following an investigation into illicit drug production and seized 310 grams of esrar and six cannabis plants. One suspect was detained and faces investigation for drug possession and unlawful cannabis cultivation.
Nevşehir anti-narcotics police placed 14 people under judicial proceedings after a week of operations, including 12 reported drug users and two accused of violating Law No. 2313. Officers seized a cannabis-growing setup, 11 cannabis seeds and 1.62 grams of kubar esrar alongside methamphetamine, synthetic cannabinoids and pills that are not counted as cannabis.
Gaziantep anti-narcotics police searched a car in the city and seized 12 kilograms of skunk, a form of cannabis, detaining one suspect. The operation, coordinated by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, targeted drug sellers, and the suspect was referred to the judicial authorities.
