23.06.2026 17:40
An operation was carried out on a vehicle tracked in Beylikdüzü based on information about a cocaine shipment from the Canary Islands to Istanbul. During the operation, 23 kilograms and 350 grams of cocaine were seized, and 2 individuals were apprehended. The Ukrainian national named Nikita, who delivered the suitcase and was referred to as the 'baby-faced courier', was also detained at Istanbul Airport. The 4 suspects, including 2 Turks who were taken into custody, have been arrested.
23 kilos 350 grams of cocaine brought from the Canary Islands to Istanbul were seized in an operation in Beylikdüzü. Four suspects, including Ukrainian Nikita, nicknamed 'Baby-faced courier', were arrested.
THEY BROUGHT IT FROM THE CANARY ISLANDS TO BEYLIKDÜZÜ Istanbul Police Narcotics and Intelligence branches conducted an operation in Beylikdüzü as part of their work against international drug trafficking. During the investigations, they obtained information that foreign couriers carrying the narcotics would bring cocaine they received from Spain's Canary Islands to Istanbul. Two foreign couriers of the network picked up the drugs from the Canary Islands, transported them first to mainland Spain, and then to Istanbul by air. Upon arriving in Istanbul, the couriers delivered the suitcase of drugs to a commercial taxi directed by the buyer.
Ukrainian Nikita nicknamed 'Baby-faced courier' BUYERS ARE TURKISH Police teams tracked the vehicle used by the suspects to deliver the drugs. A search of the vehicle stopped in Beylikdüzü yielded 23 kilos 350 grams of cocaine. In the operation, Volkan Armişen, İsa Çelik, and Savelii Lobanov, believed to be the buyers, were detained. Following the suspects' capture, teams deepened their investigations by examining security camera footage and identified the couriers who left the drugs in the taxi. The suspect heading to Istanbul Airport to leave Turkey was caught in a subsequent operation.
4 SUSPECTS ARRESTED The suspect caught at the airport was identified as Nikita from Ukraine, known as the 'Baby-faced Drug Courier'. A total of 4 suspects captured in the operation were arrested on charges of 'Manufacturing or Trading Narcotics or Stimulants' after their procedures at the police station and sent to prison.