The arrest of 234 suspects was announced today by the Turkish authorities in the context of large dimensions of an international operation against organized crime. “234 members of important groups of organized crime were arrested, 225 within the country and 9 abroad,” Interior Minister Ali Germany said, clarifying that the arrests were made in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Belgium. The detainees include members of organizations involved in the trafficking of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy on many continents, the Turkish interior minister added. More than 21 tonnes of drugs as well as assets worth 13 billion Turkish pounds (300 million euros) were seized. “We are facing a large -scale international circuit,” Ali Gerlikaya said, stressing that suspects are accused of a series of crimes, from drug trafficking to money laundering and murders. “In the context of this operation, information and documents were communicated to the police of France, England, Australia, the United States, Greece, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Northern Macedonia, Brazil and Iran,” […]
Source: News Beast
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