17.10.2026 13:31
Liquid synthetic drugs were found in 3 compartments hidden under a caravan with foreign license plates parked in Şişli, Istanbul. Following 15 days of surveillance, 213 kilograms of drugs, 162 kilograms of which were liquid, were seized in an operation carried out on October 13, and 2 foreign national suspects were arrested. It was determined that the drugs would be solidified in a rented house 2 streets away and released onto the market.
In Istanbul, 2 suspects who used a caravan in drug activities like in the TV series "Breaking Bad" were arrested after an operation in which 213 kilograms of synthetic drugs were seized.
Istanbul Narcotics Crimes Combating Branch Directorate teams are continuing efforts to prevent the crime of "manufacturing and trafficking drugs or stimulants."
THEY CAME OUT OF THE CARAVAN WITH BAGS
Teams suspicious of 2 people who came out with bags in their hands from a foreign-plated caravan parked on a street in Şişli began tracking the suspects.
Determining that liquid synthetic drugs were found in 3 separate compartments hidden under the caravan, the teams continued surveillance.
After approximately 15 days of technical and physical surveillance, the teams determined that the suspects had rented a house 2 streets behind where the caravan was located, and established that the liquid drug processed in the caravan would be solidified in this house and released to the market.
162 KILOS CAME OUT IN LIQUID FORM
In the operation carried out by the teams on October 13 at the specified addresses, 2 foreign-national suspects were caught.
During searches at the addresses, a total of 213 kilograms of synthetic drugs were seized, of which 162 kilograms were in liquid form and 51 kilograms were in solid and crystallized form. Materials used by the suspects in making drugs were also found in the caravan and the house.
The suspects, who were referred to the courthouse after their procedures at the police station, were arrested by the court to which they were brought.
THE OPERATION REMINDED OF THE "BREAKING BAD" SERIES
The operation recalled the U.S.-made "Breaking Bad" series, which aired between 2008 and 2013.
In the series, which consists of five seasons and a total of 62 episodes, Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston, and Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron Paul, used a caravan as a mobile laboratory in areas far from the city center in order to avoid being caught by the police and to keep drug production secret.