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Turkish police bust 366 suspected drug dealers

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STORY: Turkish police bust 366 suspected drug dealers
SHOOTING TIME: May 10, 2024
DATELINE: May 11, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:56
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

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1. various of Turkish police launching a nationwide anti-drugs operation (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry)

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Turkish police detained 366 suspects in a wide scale of operations against drug dealers, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.
   
The operations, dubbed "Narkocelik-16," were conducted against drug manufacturers and dealers in 20 provinces, Yerlikaya said on social media X, not specifying the action time.
  
A total of 230 teams and 980 gendarmerie personnel participated in the operations, and seized 700 kg narcotics and 13,000 narcotic pills, he said.
   
Türkiye, used by illegal drug dealers as a transit hub, has toughened crackdown on drug smuggling since last year.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara.
(XHTV)

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