At least 500 kilograms of marijuana seized in Turkey

By Orhan Cicek and Hasan Namli

ANTALYA / DIYARBAKIR, Turkey

Turkish security forces have seized at least 500 kilograms of marijuana in Monday's drug operations.

Turkish gendarmes told Anadolu Agency that they seized 235 kilograms of powdered marijuana in a drug operation in the country's Mediterranean province of Antalya.

They added that 22,400 marijuana roots had been seized as well.

In a separate operation held in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, gendarmes seized 284 kilograms of marijuana powder and 2,000 marijuana roots.

One suspect was arrested in the operation.