Türkiye’s security forces confiscate huge drug stockpile, one suspect detained VIDEO

Türkiye’s security forces have carried out a sweeping anti-drug operation resulting in the seizure of more than a ton of narcotics across the provinces of Hakkari and Ağrı. 

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced the successful operation on the social network X, praising the coordinated efforts of the gendarmerie and prosecutorial authorities, Caliber.Az reports.

Hakkâri ve Ağrı’da Uyuşturucu Maddeye yönelik Jandarmamız tarafından yaptığımız operasyonlarımızla;

❗Hakkâri’de 345 kg Skunk ve 33 kg metamfetamin ile
❗️Ağrı’da 773 Litre Sıvı Metamfetamin ele geçirerek, insanlara arz edilmesini ve toplum sağlığına zarar vermesini engelledik.️… pic.twitter.com/MA7y1xCJzu

— Ali Yerlikaya (@AliYerlikaya) November 26, 2025

Yerlikaya announced that operations against drug substances were carried out by the gendarmerie in Hakkari and Ağrı.

Minister Yerlikaya reported that 345 kilograms of skunk and 33 kg of methamphetamine, along with 773 liters of liquid methamphetamine, were seized in Ağrı during the operations. He stated that one suspect was detained, saying, "We prevented the drugs from being distributed to people and harming public health."

Yerlikaya, who stated that the operation was carried out by the Hakkari and Ağrı Provincial Gendarmerie Command as a result of intelligence work coordinated with the Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices of Yüksekova and Taşlıçay and the Gendarmerie General Command's Narcotic Crimes Department, also noted:

"Drugs are humanity's greatest enemy! We will continue to fight against the drug traffickers who dare to do this, on behalf of our country and humanity. I congratulate those who contributed."

By Vafa Guliyeva