92 held as Van raids across 12 districts seize 10 kg of skunk
Gendarmerie detained 92 suspects in simultaneous operations across 12 districts of Van province targeting drug supply. Searches seized 10 kilograms of skunk alongside synthetic pills and methamphetamine excluded from the cannabis total.
🇹🇷 12 districts, Van province · Türkiye
Arrested
92
Cannabis
10 kg
Agencies
🇹🇷Jandarma, Van ve Erciş Cumhuriyet Başsavcılıkları
Gendarmerienarcotics teams coordinated with the Van and Ercis chief public
prosecutor’s offices carried out simultaneous operations across 12 districts of
Van province after intelligence work.[1]Officers caught 92 suspects found to
have bought, accepted or possessed narcotic or stimulant substances, and
judicial proceedings were started against them.[2]
Searches of addresses seized 62,000 synthetic pharmaceutical pills, 10 kilograms
of skunk, 1 kilogram of methamphetamine, plus other drugs and many cutting and
piercing tools.[2]
The Interior Ministry said anti-drug operations would continue across the
country and congratulated the gendarmerie, the narcotics department, the Van
provincial gendarmerie command and the prosecutors involved.[2]
Case data
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Şanlıurfa gendarmes raided 17 addresses in Akçakale and detained 18 people suspected of trading drugs, seizing 27 grams of esrar alongside pills, synthetic narcotic and heroin. A court jailed 13 at first, then remanded the five released under judicial supervision after the prosecutor appealed, so all 18 went to prison.
Mersin narcotics police carried out 19 operations across the city centre between 7 and 13 November 2026, seizing 115 grams of esrar-skunk and 3 cannabis plants alongside other drugs. Seventeen suspects were remanded in custody on charges of manufacturing and trading narcotics or stimulants.
Police in Fethiye, Muğla detained H.A.U. on suspicion of drug trafficking and seized 1 kilo 625 grams of cannabis and a precision scale from a home and vehicles. The suspect was referred to court and remanded in custody.
Istanbul police detained three people in Bahcelievler on 10 November 2026 after two riders arriving by motorcycle met a third man on a street and one threw a material to the ground. Searches found 25.68 grams of esrar in homes plus pills, heroin and cash; two suspects were released and one was remanded to prison.
