Two detained after 24.1 kg of cannabis found in Van pickup
Van gendarmes detained two pickup occupants after finding 24.1 kg of cannabis in 23 packages hidden beneath firewood in Gürpınar. A suspicion-based stop on the Kırkgeçit–Gürpınar road involved provincial and local gendarmerie teams and narcotics dogs.
🇹🇷 Kırkgeçit Mahallesi–Gürpınar road, Gürpınar, Van · Türkiye
A suspicious pickup was stopped by Van gendarmes on the Kırkgeçit
Mahallesi–Gürpınar road in Gürpınar district of Van, and officers searched the
vehicle on suspicion.[1]The search involved teams from the Van Provincial
Gendarmerie Command’s Jandarma KOM (anti-smuggling and organized-crime unit) and
Intelligence Branch, together with the Kırkgeçit Gendarmerie Station Command.[2]Narcotics dogs named Devran and Cesur also assisted the gendarmerie
officers during their search of the pickup and its cargo.[1]
The pickup carried firewood in its cargo bed, with cannabis hidden beneath the
wood.[2]Officers found 23 packages beneath the firewood in the pickup,
containing a total of 24 kilograms and 100 grams of cannabis (24.1 kg).[1]Two
people riding in the pickup were detained after the cannabis was found, and the
two detainees were linked to the same vehicle seizure.[1]The cannabis was
seized from the pickup in Gürpınar during a roadside search on the
Kırkgeçit–Gürpınar road.[2]
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Cannabis recovered beneath firewood in the pickup; no photo credit is listed.Photo details
The sources give no separate incident date; 19 November 2018 is the publication date used here.
The sources report two detentions but do not identify the people or establish later charges or a court outcome.
The coverage also mentions a separate cigarette seizure in Erciş, which is excluded because it was a different incident.
Haberler.com calls the material "toz esrar" (literally, powdered cannabis), while Haber7 uses the broader term "esrar"; this report uses their shared description, cannabis.
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