He Popular Turkish actor Can Yamanstar of numerous soap operas, has been arrested this morning in Istanbul along with others six people by alleged drug possessionthe Turkish newspaper reports this Saturday Hürriyet.
Yaman, the actress Selen Görgüzel and five other people were arrested during a police raid in different nightlife venues of Istanbul, within the framework of a operation against drug consumptionand taken to the police station, according to the aforementioned newspaper.
Drug raids in Türkiye
The operation is part of a wave of raids and arrests for which in recent weeks they have been arrested or summoned to testify dozens of artists, influencers, journalists, businessmen and sports figures. The detainees are taken hair, blood or urine samples to verify a possible drug use.
Although official information does not specify what type of substance is the main objective of the campaign, the turkish press assumes that it is about combating cocaine use.
According to Hürriyetthe Prosecutor’s Office had not issued an arrest warrant against Can Yaman within the framework of these anti-drug operations, but during the registration made this morning in the entertainment venues, the agents would have found him in possession of narcoticsfor which he was arrested.
Can Yamanfamous for internationally successful soap operas such as ‘Dreamer bird’, ‘Sandokan’, ‘The Turk’ and ‘Viola come il mare’is also the protagonist of the Spanish series ‘The Butterfly Labyrinth’currently filming.
