03.05.2025 14:43
In an operation targeting a criminal organization known to the public as the "Merciless" in Izmir, 10 suspects were arrested. Two suspects, who are believed to have fled abroad, are currently wanted. It has been determined that the suspects assaulted their victims, recorded the incidents on video, and extorted money from them, as well as intimidating the victims by throwing Molotov cocktails at their homes and shooting at them with firearms.
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The İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, in coordination with the Public Order Branch Directorate, the Robbery Bureau, the Technical Bureau, the Crime Analysis Center (SAM) Bureau, and the Intelligence Branch Directorate teams, conducted an operation against the criminal organization known to the public as "The Ruthless".
THEY THREW MOLOTOV COCKTAILS AND THREATENED WITH WEAPONS
It was understood that the suspects deprived their victims of their liberty, assaulted them, filmed the incidents, robbed their money, and frightened them by throwing Molotov cocktails at their homes and shooting them with firearms. An operation was carried out on April 29 against these suspects.
10 SUSPECTS ARRESTED, 2 ARE WANTED
Out of the 12 suspects for whom arrest warrants were issued, 10 were apprehended. It was determined that suspects E.B and İ.K were abroad. The arrested suspects A.Y, E.K, B.İ.Y, Ö.D, A.C.K, E.Y, A.A, E.K, P.Y, and B.Ö. were arrested by the court they were brought to at the courthouse. Furthermore, it was revealed that the suspects, who presented themselves as members of an organization fighting against drugs, had records for "Drug use" and "Drug trafficking" offenses.
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