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Türkiye detains 336 suspects for drug trafficking

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STORY: Türkiye detains 336 suspects for drug trafficking
SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 27, 2024
DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:13
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

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1. various of Turkish police in operations of detaining suspects for manufacturing and trafficking drugs (source: Courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry)

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Turkish police detained 336 suspects for manufacturing and trafficking drugs in operations across the country, the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Tuesday.

Police seized more than 2.4 tonnes of narcotics and 888,923 narcotic pills in raids across 49 provinces, Yerlikaya wrote on social media platform X, without specifying the time of the operations.

The "Narkocelik-35" operations, conducted across 49 provinces, involved 832 teams, 2,081 personnel, 10 aerial vehicles and 39 narcotic detection dogs, according to Yerlikaya.

"We are determined to rid our country of drug dealers and street vendors," he added.

Türkiye, often used by illegal drug dealers as a transit hub to European markets, has ramped up its crackdown on drug smuggling since 2023.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara.
(XHTV)

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