Turkey: Over 230 arrested in anti-narcotics operations

By Yusuf Koyun

ADANA, Turkey

Turkish police arrested over 230 people in nationwide anti-narcotics operations from Dec. 1 to 17, according to security officials on Wednesday.

A total of 217 people were arrested in operations in southern Adana province, the provincial directorate of security said in a statement on Wednesday.

Police also seized 1,208 drug pills, alongside 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of heroin and 13 kilograms (29 pounds) of hashish in central Seyhan based operations.

In another raid in central Eskisehir province, police arrested eight suspects. The suspects were carrying synthetic drug, the amount of it was not revealed.

In Mugla, Turkey’s Aegean province, three suspects were arrested, while four others held in separate operations in central Kirsehir, eastern Kars and northwestern Kocaeli provinces.

More than 46 kilograms (101 pounds) of heroin were seized in an operation in Kocaeli, the provincial government said in a statement.

*Emrah Yasar from Eskisehir, Ali Riza Akkir from Mugla, Serkan Guner from Kirsehir, Cuneyt Celik from Kars and Kadir Yildiz from Kocaeli contributed to the story.