Gendarmerie teams from Banaz district searched the house and adjoining outbuildings belonging to a person identified only as K.K. in Kuşdemir village after receiving a tip-off.[1] Kuşdemir is a village in Banaz district in Uşak province, the operation’s stated setting.[1] A narcotics detection dog took part in the search.[1] In the search, officers found 560 rooted cannabis plants, described as Hint keneviri, together with 20 grams of kubar hashish.[1] Officers also seized four unlicensed hunting rifles and one unlicensed pistol at the same property.[1] K.K. was first taken into custody and, once procedures were completed, was brought before a court.[1] The court ordered K.K. remanded on a charge described as engaging in narcotic-substance trafficking.[1]

The seized cannabis plants were burned and destroyed under the supervision of teams from the district food, agriculture and livestock directorate.[1] Hint keneviri is the Turkish term the report uses for cannabis plants, while kubar esrar denotes pressed cannabis or hashish.[1]