German engineer arrested in Turkey for trading ‘skunk’

August 20 2018 15:08:37

German engineer arrested in Turkey for trading ‘skunk’

MUĞLA

A German computer engineer who lives in the southwestern Turkish province of Muğla has been arrested after packages of the highly potent drug skunk were found in her home.

The 25-year-old suspect, who was unidentified, was arrested on Aug. 20 after she was detained by the police following the raid in the Dalaman district on Aug. 19.

The police reportedly found 297 cannabis seeds and 165 grams of skunk, as well as equipment and materials to produce the “super weed."

The report stressed the drug was “specially packaged with instructions and branded with a logo.”

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