10.5 kg skunk seized from car in Gevas; driver held
Gendarmerie teams stopped a car driven by 39-year-old T.S. in Gevas, Van, and seized 10.5 kilograms of skunk hidden in 82 pieces. The driver was detained and judicial proceedings were started against him.
🇹🇷 Gevaş, Van · Türkiye
Arrested
1
Cannabis
10.5 kg
Agencies
Van İl Jandarma Komutanlığı Narkotik Suçlarla Mücadele Şube Müdürlüğü, Gevaş İlçe Jandarma Komutanlığı +1
Van Provincial Gendarmerienarcotics teams and Gevaş District Gendarmerie teams,
coordinated by the Gevaş Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, targeted suspects
manufacturing and trading drugs.[1]Teams stopped the vehicle with plate 34
BPT driven by 39-year-old T.Ş. in Gevaş district.[1]
A search with a narcotics dog found 10.5 kilograms of skunk, in 82 pieces hidden
inside the vehicle.[1]The seized material was reported as 10 kilograms500
grams of skunk in 82 pieces.[2]
The driver T.Ş. was taken into custody.[1]Judicial proceedings were started
against the detained driver T.Ş.[2]The gendarmerie said its work to prevent
the manufacture, trade and use of narcotic and stimulant substances would
continue decisively.[1]
Photos and video
Seized skunk packages from the vehicle stopped in Gevaş, in the DHA handout photo published with the report. Photo: DHAPhoto details
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