Large drug operation at the border: Market value 4.3 billion lira.

Large drug operation at the border: Market value 4.3 billion lira.

08.10.2025 12:55

The Ministry of Trade's Customs Protection Directorate seized a total of 1.3 tons of narcotic substances in operations conducted at the Gürbulak, Kapıkule, and Dilucu border gates. Investigations are ongoing regarding the drugs, which include liquid methamphetamine, marijuana, and methamphetamine.

The teams of the Customs Protection Directorate of the Ministry of Trade seized 1.3 tons of drugs in three separate operations carried out at the Gürbulak, Kapıkule, and Dilucu border gates. According to a statement from the ministry, the teams conducted operations as part of narcotic risk analysis and targeting studies.

OPERATIONS ARE CONTINUING UNDER THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICES

In the operation at the Gürbulak Customs Gate, 1 ton 167 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine, 114 kilograms of marijuana at the Kapıkule Customs Gate, and 23 kilograms of methamphetamine at the Dilucu Customs Gate were seized. Investigations related to the operations are ongoing under the prosecutor's offices of Doğubayazıt, Edirne, and Aralık.

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