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.
