Over 80 kilograms of hashish seized in central Turkey

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Over 80 kilograms of hashish seized in central Turkey


Counter-narcotics operations have been carried out in Ankara and Kayseri provinces

02.01.2018
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By Faruk Zorlu

ANKARA, Turkey

Turkish security forces confiscated more than 80 kilograms (180 pounds) of hashish during separate operations in central Turkey on Monday, according to a police source.

The operations were carried out after capital Ankara's counter-narcotics police force received an anonymous tip about distribution of drugs.

Police followed a suspect and carried out an operation against the drug dealers.

A suspect was also detained in the operation when he tried to make a run for it. A total of 80 kilograms (180 pounds) of hashish was confiscated from this operation alone, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, said.

Meanwhile, in another raid, a Kayseri provincial police department’s anti-narcotics police force stopped a bus, and seized 2.8 kilograms of hashish from a woman who had wrapped the drugs around her body with packaging tape. She was arrested.

 

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http://aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkish-police-arrest-42-in-anti-narcotics-operations/1021887
By Mirac Kaya

BURSA, Turkey

At least 42 suspects, including foreign nationals, were arrested in countrywide anti-narcotics operations on Wednesday, officials said.

In the northwestern province of Bursa, police detained 20 suspects of drug trafficking. Ten were remanded in custody, while the remaining suspects were released.

Police also seized 157 synthetic drug pills during three separate operations across the province, a police officer, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on talking to the media, told Anadolu Agency.

Another eight suspects were nabbed in southern province of Adana. An unrevealed amount of drugs, as well as a rifle, were seized during the raids.

Police arrested another three suspects in central Konya province when they stopped a car and found a small amount of a street drug dubbed "bonzai".

Recently classified as the most dangerous drug in Turkey, bonzai is derived from a green plant similar to marijuana and contains a chemical called AM-2201, which can be particularly destructive to the brain.

In Eskisehir province, central Turkey, police carried out simultaneous raids, arresting two Iranians for alleged drug trafficking.

Police also detained two more Iranians in the eastern province of Agri. Around 37 kilograms (81 pounds) of hashish were seized when the police stopped a car carrying the suspects in Dogubayazit district.

Another 17 suspects were also arrested in central Aksaray, northern Bartin and eastern Bingol provinces.

*Omer Yildiz from Adana, Mehmet Akif Coskuner from Konya, Emrah Yasar from Eskisehir, Fahrettin Gok from Agri contributed to this story

 

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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cocaine-from-netherlands-seized-in-turkeys-aegean-region-125287

Customs officers have seized 298 grams of cocaine in a cargo package sent from the Netherlands to the Aegean district of Edremit.

The suspicious package, sent anonymously, was opened by customs officers in the northwestern province of Bursa, according to a statement by the governor’s office.

Officials in the Edremit district of the neighboring province of Balıkesir subsequently raided the house of the receiver but realized that the suspect had traveled to the U.S. on Dec. 28, 2017.

On Jan. 2 security forces confiscated more than 80 kilograms of hashish during separate operations carried out in the Turkish capital Ankara.

Speaking on Jan. 4, Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdağ said more drugs have been seized in Turkey than the whole of Europe, noting that much drug trafficking that generally starts in Afghanistan travels to Europe via Iran and Turkey.

“Another trafficking route that starts in the Netherlands and sometimes Belgium and Austria is also ending up in Turkey,” Akdağ told private broadcaster NTV.

Balıkesir Province, Turkey

 

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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/de...e-doubled-since-2016-interior-minister-125574

The number of people in Turkey who have died as a result of drug use doubled in 2017 from the previous year, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Jan. 10.

The number of such fatalities rose to 1,020 in 2017 from 520 in 2016, Soylu stated.

“As an administrator of this country I should not be having to utter these words. More precautions should be taken to prevent deaths from drugs,” he added, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Noting that he recently met with Afghanistan’s interior minister on the issue of illegal migration and drug use, Soylu said 4.5 million tons of opium are produced in Afghanistan annually and the market value there has risen to $1.4 billion.

“We in Turkey have seized around 20 tons of heroin this year. That means we must seize 40 tons of heroin in 2018,” he added.

In 2015-16, the Turkish authorities reportedly seized just five tons of heroin.

“We have two years ahead of us. Our advantages are as clear as the threats we face. What we need to do is complete our tasks as soon as possible,” Soylu said, adding that he recently visited the eastern border provinces of Ağrı and Iğdır, where smuggling is among the mainstays of the local economy.

He had stirred controversy on Jan. 3 after saying police officers should “break the legs” of all drug dealers.

“Regardless of how much they will criticize or condemn me for saying this, when a drug dealer is seen outside a school, it is the police’s duty to break that drug dealer’s legs,” Soylu said during a “General Security and Struggle against Drugs Meeting” in Ankara.

The remarks drew condemnation, with opposition politicians and lawyers filing criminal complaints against Soylu for encouraging anti-judicial measures.

In response to the comments, Prime Minister Binanli Yıldırım warned on Jan. 5 that “no one is above the law, whether be it a minister or a prime minister.”

Amid the outcry, Soylu told daily Hürriyet he had made the remarks to “draw attention to the issue.”

Commenting on drug seizures by the authorities, Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdağ had stated on Nov. 26, 2017 that the amount of drugs seized in Turkey surpasses the amount seized in all European countries combined.

“This is because drug traffickers use [Turkey] as a transit route. But the high figure actually shows the great success of our Interior Ministry and the police department in making these seizures,” Akdağ said in an interview on private broadcaster CNN Türk on Nov. 26.

“Only a small proportion of the drugs that enter Turkey are actually used in Turkey,” he added, noting that the government is planning to establish a special commission to fight against addictions.

Meanwhile, Dr. Ülkümen Rodoplu, the founding president of the Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey, recently warned of the decreasing age of drug users in the country.

“In [the western province of İzmir] last week, a nine-year-old child was brought to the hospital for addiction treatment,” Rodoplu, a council member of the European Society of Emergency Medicine, told daily Hürriyet on Dec. 25.