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CHP's Denizli Kale district chairman arrested, provincial branch removes him from post

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This story is from 19 September 2026.

In a gendarmerie operation coordinated by the Denizli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, marijuana was found at his home and Indian hemp on his land; Süleyman İnce was arrested on charges of "drug trafficking" and "illegal cannabis cultivation." The CHP provincial branch removed İnce from his post; sources differ on the number of hemp plants seized, citing either 20 or 21.

In the home of 65-year-old İnce, whom the gendarmerie had been following for a while, 1 kilogram 50 grams of cannabis and an unlicensed shotgun were seized, and 21 cannabis plants in his field. A precision scale was also found in the searches. The CHP Provincial Directorate convened urgently and dismissed İnce from his post.

CHP's Denizli Kale district chairman arrested, provincial branch removes him from post

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