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Dozens of drug traffickers apprehended in ops in 7 Turkish provinces

Dozens of drug traffickers apprehended in ops in 7 Turkish provinces

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya introduced on Sunday that 72 drug traffickers have been apprehended in drug operations performed in seven provinces throughout Türkiye.

Yerlikaya, in an announcement on his official social media account, famous that operations have been carried out in Ağrı, Muğla, Diyarbakır, Tekirdağ, Sakarya, Aydın and Bingöl provinces.

Congratulating the gendarmerie and the police personnel who performed the operations, Yerlikaya stated: “We will not turn a blind eye to drug traffickers. We are determined to apprehend them and deliver to justice. We will not allow them to poison our future, our youth and our society.”

According to the data supplied by the minister, in an operation performed by Ağrı Provincial Security Directorate, 25 kilograms (55 kilos) of liquid methamphetamine was seized whereas one suspect was detained.

In an operation carried out by the Muğla Provincial Security Directorate, 2 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine have been seized, and one individual was detained.

In the “Martyr Jandarma Second Lieutenant Murat Ataş Narcoterrorism Operation” performed by Diyarbakır Provincial Gendarmerie Command in Lice rural areas, 80 kilograms of powdered hashish, 1.5 kilograms of dice hashish, 834,000 hemp vegetation and a couple of,850,000 skunk vegetation have been seized, whereas seven people have been apprehended, the minister knowledgeable.

Furthermore, in an operation performed in northwestern Tekirdağ province, some 15,680 narcotics drugs have been seized, and one individual was detained.

In separate operations organized by Sakarya Provincial Gendarmerie Command and Provincial Security Directorate, 9.5 kilograms of hashish and numerous narcotics weighing 500 grams have been seized, and 14 people have been apprehended.

Meanwhile, some 2.2 kilograms of hashish and 1.6 kilograms of methamphetamine have been seized, and 48 people have been detained in an operation performed by the Aydın Provincial Gendarmerie Command.

In an operation organized by Bingöl Provincial Gendarmerie Command, 13 kilograms of hashish have been seized, Yerlikaya stated.

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