Halil Demir
17 May 2019•Update: 17 May 2019
ISTANBUL
Anti-narcotics police in Turkey have seized 10 kilograms of cocaine in a major operation in Istanbul, officials said Friday.
Istanbul police impounded on May 14 the illegal drug that was smuggled from the Netherlands. Five suspects were arrested in the operation.
In a separate operation in the northwestern province of Kocaeli, police impounded 180 kilograms of heroin, detaining five people, including 2 Iranian nationals.
In another bust, police at Istanbul Airport arrested nine Iranian nationals for carrying 5 kilograms of heroin stashed in 350 capsules hidden in their bodies.
*Writing by Dilara Hamit
