IT is highly unlikely that expats and tourists will even be aware that cash rewards are given by Turkish police in the apprehension and seizure of drugs and drug traffickers/pushers. But there are.

Given the 18 kilos of heroin seized in Didim recently, and it came from a tip off, then according to our calculations the informant is likely to eventually walk away with a cool 1,080,000 Turkish Lira.

You’ll be asking how the hell the Voices got to that. Well there’s a published league table of rewards given to informants for the types of drugs.

For example, for grassing up the heroin drug trafficker and their stash, the going rate is 60,000TL PER kilo (Hence the 60,000 x 18 kilos, with the suspected dealer thrown in if they are convicted). If the tip off only offers up the drugs then for heroin it is 12,000TL.

As Zaman reported the list of rewards for the various drugs was publicized in the press and the rewards are success based; therefore, there will be no reward if the drugs are not found.

The informers will get more of a reward if the seller or user of the drugs is also caught, and not just the drugs alone. The reward list shows the name and type of the drug first, and there are two levels of rewards for informing as explained below, that is, only the drug or both the drug and the seller/user.

The list is as follows:

– The reward for heroin per kilogram is TL 60,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 12,000 per kilogram for the drugs alone. The reward for liquid heroin per kilogram is TL 180,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 36,000 per kilogram for the drugs alone.
– The reward for cocaine per kilogram is TL 60,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 12,000 per kilogram for the drugs alone. 
– The reward for liquid hashish per kilogram is TL 60,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 12,000 per kilogram for the drugs alone. 
– The reward for morphine base per kilogram is TL 36,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 7,200 per kilogram for the drugs alone. 
– The reward for powder hashish per kilogram is TL 15,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 3,000 per kilogram for the drugs alone. 
– The reward for resin hashish per kilogram is TL 12,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 2,400 per kilogram for the drugs alone. 
– The reward for other types of hashish per kilogram is TL 5,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 1,000 per kilogram for the drugs alone. 
– The reward for khat per kilogram is TL 15,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 3,000 per kilogram for the drugs alone. 
– The reward for Bonzai per kilogram is TL 60,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 12,000 per kilogram for the drugs alone. 
– The reward for Synthetic per kilogram is TL 120,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 24,000 per kilogram for the drugs alone. 
– The reward for cannabis per kilogram is TL 150,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 30,000 per kilogram for the drugs alone. 
– The reward for other drugs per kilogram is TL 5,000 if the drugs are caught with the seller/user, and TL 1,000 per kilogram for the drugs alone. 

Therefore, reporting and causing a quantity of drugs to be found brings less of a reward than catching the seller or user with the drug.

You can call the police line on 155 to report dealers or a cache of drugs.