Turkey seizes 500,000 drug pills on Bulgarian border

By Huseyin Bagis

ISTANBUL

In a joint operation with local police in Serbia on Monday, Turkish anti-drug teams seized a half-million illegal drug pills thought to be bound for Turkey, according to police sources.

Acting on a tip, Istanbul police acting Serbian and Bulgarian police stopped a along the Serbian-Bulgarian border, said the sources, who asked not to be named, due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

Some 500,000 ecstasy pills hidden in the truck coming from the Netherlands were seized, and one suspect was arrested.

This was the first anti-drug operation Turkey conducted abroad.