Fire inquiry in Yatağan leads gendarmerie to 123 cannabis plants
A fire that began while workers welded an advertising sign beside the Muğla–Aydın highway in Yatağan damaged 3.5 hectares of farmland and scrub. Gendarmerie officers detained the three men over the blaze and, searching the area, found 123 cannabis plants hidden in the brush.
The fire broke out in a cultivated field at Yava, on the Muğla–Aydın highway in
Yatağan district, and spread into maquis, the dense scrub of the region, fanned
by wind.[1]Gendarmerie officers investigating it concluded that the blaze
began when a spark jumped while workers welded an advertising sign.[1]They
detained the three men who had been working on the sign, named in the reports as
H.Y., T.Ö. and S.K.[1]The three were taken to the gendarmerie command so that
their statements could be taken.[1]
One firefighting helicopter from the Muğla Regional Forestry Directorate, 13
water tankers, a bulldozer, 52 firefighting workers and fire brigade teams
fought the fire.[2]Crews put the fire out quickly, but it still damaged 3.5
hectares of farmland and maquis.[1]
Searching the area, the gendarmerie found 123 cannabis plants, known in Turkish
as Hint keneviri, hidden in the brush.[1]The plants were sent to the
provincial Food, Agriculture and Livestock Directorate to be destroyed.[2]The
gendarmerie opened a separate investigation into the plants.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The reports give no separate date for the fire or the search; 27 August 2017 is the publication date of the Haber7 copy.
The three men were detained over the fire, not over the cannabis; the reports do not say whether anyone was detained or charged over the 123 plants.
No weight, area or value was given for the 123 plants.
The reports do not say what happened to the three men after they gave statements.
The Yurt Gazetesi account reproduces the Haber7 text verbatim, so only one original account could be found.
No captioned photograph of the fire or the plants could be confirmed; Haber7 carries a placeholder image and the Yurt Gazetesi image is uncaptioned and uncredited.
The text gives an area ("3.5 hectares") but the figures have no hectares; check whether it belongs there.
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