Cops Get Residents High, Including Children, by Burning 20 Tons of Weed: 'We Are Constantly Going to the Hospital'

Nausea, dizziness and even hallucinations, the inhabitants of Lice, Turkey were victims of the psychotropic effects of the 20 tons of cannabis burned in the open by the local police.

On 18 April last, in Lice, south-eastern Turkey, the Turkish police planned to burn 20 tons of seized cannabis to send a strong message to the drug traffickers according to Türkiye Today. However, the operation went wrong: the smoke released by the fire quickly spread, intoxicating about 25,000 inhabitants.To affirm their determination in the fight against drug trafficking, the Turkish authorities had organized a spectacular event: a huge open f…

By burning the equivalent of 228 million euros of marijuana, Turkish law enforcement intended to send a message to drug traffickers, but the operation turned into a fiasco.

Cops Get Residents High, Including Children, by Burning 20 Tons of Weed: 'We Are Constantly Going to the Hospital'

More than 25,000 residents in a Turkish town were surrounded my cannabis smoke for five days after law enforcement burned more than 20 tons in the center.

Residents of the Turkish city of Lice suffered from health problems for several days after local police decided to burn confiscated marijuana in an open area. The value of the destroyed contraband was estimated at nearly six billion crowns.

Several residents of Lice, south-east of Turkey, suffered dizziness and nausea after the local police burned the marijuana seized during these operations in 2024.