05.04.2025 10:00
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that in operations conducted across the country against drug traffickers, 484 kilograms of narcotics and 7,830,760 drug pills were seized. Out of the 1,044 suspects captured during the operations, 516 were injured.
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Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that operations against drug traffickers were carried out across the country between March 19-27. Providing information about the operations, Minister Yerlikaya stated that 484 kilograms of drugs and 7 million 830 thousand 760 drug pills were seized. Yerlikaya reported that 1,044 suspects were apprehended, and 516 of them were arrested.
516 SUSPECTS ARRESTED
In a written statement, Ali Yerlikaya used the following expressions: "Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya stated, 'Between March 19-27, 2025, our operations against drug dealers were conducted by the General Directorate of Security in 71 provinces and by the Gendarmerie General Command in 15 provinces; 484 kg of drugs and 7 million 830 thousand 760 drug pills were seized. 1,044 suspects were apprehended. 516 were arrested. Judicial control decisions were issued for 138. The procedures for the others are ongoing.'
A TOTAL OF 484 DRUGS SEIZED
In coordination with the Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices and the Narcotics Crimes Department of the General Directorate of Security; with the participation of 1,450 teams, 3,626 personnel, 18 aircraft, and 39 narcotic detector dogs; operations were conducted in Gaziantep, Ankara, Samsun, Adana, Şanlıurfa, Konya, Manisa, Antalya, Bursa, Balıkesir, Mersin, İzmir, Denizli, Tekirdağ, Muğla, Istanbul, Kocaeli, Karaman, Hatay, Trabzon, Adıyaman, Osmaniye, Kayseri, Van, Afyonkarahisar, Aydın, Eskişehir, Aksaray, Edirne, Isparta, Niğde, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Kırklareli, Uşak, Zonguldak, Sakarya, Ağrı, Yozgat, Mardin, Bayburt, Çanakkale, Kilis, Malatya, Ordu, Batman, Bilecik, Burdur, Çorum, Erzincan, Giresun, Rize, Tokat, Amasya, Karabük, Şırnak, Kahramanmaraş, Düzce, Hakkari, Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Kütahya, Yalova, Çankırı, Kastamonu, Muş, Nevşehir, Artvin, Bolu, Elazığ, and Sinop; 332 kg of drugs and 7 million 760 thousand 690 drug pills were seized.
In coordination with the Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices and the Narcotics Crimes Department of the Gendarmerie General Command; with the participation of 308 teams and 1,987 personnel; operations were conducted in Ankara, Mersin, Diyarbakır, Antalya, Denizli, Kırıkkale, Tekirdağ, Istanbul, Adana, Manisa, Batman, Izmir, Sakarya, Kocaeli, and Muğla; 152 kg of drugs and 70 thousand drug pills were seized. I congratulate our governors, the Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices coordinating the operations, and our heroic police and gendarmerie who carried out the operations. We are present on every street, every avenue, and every corner. Together with our police and gendarmerie, we continue our operations resolutely, day and night, and we will continue to do so."
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