17.10.2025 18:41
In an operation targeting an organized crime group known as "Bayğaralar" based in Adana and operating in 10 provinces, 130 suspects were detained. During searches at various addresses, a veritable arsenal was discovered, and one suspect was caught hiding in a bridal chest. While 96 of the suspects were arrested, it was learned that the group's leader, Ramazan Bayğara, is currently detained in Greece.
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Adana Provincial Police Department's Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) teams identified the identities of 155 suspects involved in 54 separate incidents, including crimes such as 'Intentional murder', 'Attempted murder', 'Intentional injury', 'Drug trafficking', 'Armed threat', 'Damage to property', 'Qualified robbery', and 'Extortion', following 10 months of technical and physical surveillance in the investigation against the criminal organization known as 'Bayğaralar'.
SIMULTANEOUS OPERATIONS IN 10 PROVINCES
The police conducted simultaneous operations on October 13 at 403 addresses identified in Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara, Antalya, Trabzon, Kocaeli, Bitlis, Kilis, and Van, centered in Adana. In the operation, 130 suspects with arrest warrants were detained.
ARMORY FOUND AT ADDRESSES
During searches at the suspects' addresses, teams seized 4 homemade explosives, 3 Kalashnikov rifles, 29 unlicensed handguns (2 of which are automatic), 277 bullets, and 38,915 drug pills, and confiscated a large number of digital materials.
LEADERS ARRESTED IN GREECE
130 suspects, members of the organization led by Ramazan Bayğara, who is reported to be detained in Greece, were taken to the Adana Police Department.
96 SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED
After their procedures at the police station, 96 of the suspects, who were brought to the courthouse under heavy security measures yesterday, were arrested by the court, 31 were released under judicial control, and 3 were released by the prosecutor's instruction.
ONE SUSPECT CAME OUT OF A DOWRY CHEST
Images captured by police cameras related to the operations have emerged. In one of the houses raided by the police, it was determined that an unnamed suspect was hiding in a dowry chest. The suspect came out as the police opened the chest.
Additionally, the footage shows moments when the police searched homes and workplaces, and the suspects were taken to the courthouse under heavy security measures.
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