03.11.2026 14:19
In the Güzelyurt district of Aksaray, five suspects who were caught red-handed by gendarmerie teams in a well where they were conducting illegal excavation exited the well by saluting the teams as they were being brought out.
5 suspects who were determined to be conducting illegal excavation in the Güzelyurt district of Aksaray were caught red-handed in the pit they had dug during an operation by the gendarmerie. It drew attention that the detained individuals saluted the teams as they were taken out of the pit.
TECHNICAL AND PHYSICAL SURVEILLANCE WAS CONDUCTED
The incident occurred in Ilısu village of Güzelyurt district. Teams of the Aksaray Provincial Gendarmerie Command Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) Branch reached information that 5 individuals were conducting illegal excavation within the scope of anti-smuggling activities. The teams, acting under the coordination of the Aksaray Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, placed the suspects and the excavation area under surveillance.
THEY SALUTED AS THEY CAME OUT OF THE PIT
After the technical and physical surveillance, the gendarmerie teams, having reached sufficient evidence and clues, pressed the button for the operation. In the raid on the excavation area, the suspects were caught red-handed inside the pit they had dug. The individuals, taken out of the pit one by one by the gendarmerie teams, came out of the pit saluting the teams that caught them. As a result of the operation, 5 suspects named H.T. (24), A.D. (36), N.B. (36), B.Ö. (32) and S.K. (35) were detained, and a judicial investigation was launched regarding the incident.