30.10.2026 01:45
In Istanbul's Sultanbeyli district, 2 suspects in a minibus targeted by a narcotics teams operation said that the cancer medications they were taking to Izmir were in the vehicle. When asked for the waybill, they stated they would send the documents later by email. During a search of the vehicle, whose cooling system was found not to be working, 1 million 642 thousand synthetic pharmaceutical pills containing the active ingredient pregabalin were seized in 18 boxes. The suspects were referred to the courthouse.
In Sultanbeyli, within the scope of efforts against the crime of 'manufacturing and trafficking narcotic or psychotropic substances,' 1 million 642 thousand synthetic drug pills were seized in an operation carried out on a minibus. Two suspects who said they were carrying cancer medication and would take it to İzmir were detained.
THEY SAID THEY WERE CARRYING CANCER MEDICATION
Istanbul Police Department Narcotic Crimes Combat Branch Directorate teams conducted work to prevent the trafficking of narcotic and psychotropic substances. Within this scope, an operation was carried out on a minibus in Sultanbeyli on October 28. It was learned that the 2 suspects in the minibus said they were carrying cancer medications in the vehicle and would take the medications to İzmir.
It was stated that the suspects, who noted that the doors in the relevant section of the vehicle should not be opened so that the medications would not be damaged and the cold chain would be preserved, said when asked for the dispatch documents belonging to the medications that they would send the documents later by email.
THE COOLING SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING
During checks carried out by the teams in the minibus, it was determined that the cooling system was not working. In searches carried out in the vehicle, a total of 1 million 642 thousand synthetic drug pills containing the active ingredient pregabalin were seized in 18 boxes. Two suspects were detained in the operation.
THE SUSPECTS WERE REFERRED TO THE COURTHOUSE
The 2 suspects, whose statement procedures at the police station were completed, were referred to the courthouse on the charge of 'manufacturing and trafficking narcotic or psychotropic substances.'