24.03.2026 10:36
In Adana, the police seized 50,000 packs of smuggled cigarettes worth 5 million TL from a truck. The driver's statement, which led to the confiscation of the smuggled cigarettes, was quite astonishing. It was claimed that the driver said, "I bought them in bulk because I found them cheap."
The Adana Police Department's Smuggling and Organized Crime Division teams received information that V.E.n was bringing illegal cigarettes into the city.
The teams identified the pickup truck used by V.E. The police then took action and caught V.E. while he was driving his vehicle.
MARKET VALUE 5 MILLION TL
50 thousand packs of smuggled cigarettes were seized from the boxes in the back of the vehicle. It was stated that the customs value of the cigarettes was 5 million TL.
ARRESTED
During his interrogation at the police station, it was claimed that V.E. said, "I bought it in bulk because I found it cheap." After his procedures, the suspect was referred to the courthouse and was arrested by the court he was brought before.