Yalova, Turkey (CNN) Police are searching a villa in northwest Turkey in connection with the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Istanbul's Chief Prosecutor's office said Monday that the villa was searched because one of the Saudi suspects in the killing contacted a Saudi national who resides near Samanli the day before Khashoggi was murdered.

"We believe this contact was about how to dispose of Jamal Khashoggi's body parts following its dismemberment. Therefore, police teams together with the prosecutor's office have carried out searches on November 26th," the prosecutor's office said in a written statement.

A CNN team on the scene saw dogs search the grounds while forensic teams in white suits moved in and out of the building.

According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, officers searched a well in the garden Monday and used sniffer dogs and drones to help.