Istanbul police detain 165 in major operation

ISTANBUL

A major citywide police operation has seen almost 165 people detained in Istanbul, security forces said on Sunday.

The operation, named ‘Yeditepe Huzur’, was conducted all across Turkey’s largest city.

Police say they stopped and searched over 31,181 people in an operation which started on Saturday night at 20:00 local time (1800 GMT).

During the operation, which was carried out in 39 districts of the city, officers seized 15 unregistered firearms, five blank-firing guns and 846 grams of heroin.

Over 110 cars out of nearly of 6,939 vehicles stopped were taken off the road, while 39 bars and off-licenses out of just over of 610 premises searched were shut down.