18 June 2018•Update: 19 June 2018
VAN, Turkey
More than 270 suspected drug smugglers were arrested and over two tons of heroin seized during several anti-drug operations in the eastern Turkish province of Van, according to a security source on Monday.
Provincial security forces carried out 111 anti-narcotics operations in five consecutive months and seized 160 kilograms of marijuana, over seven kilograms of opium, and over 27 kilograms of synthetic drugs, said a security source requesting anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to media.
The source added that the court remanded 99 suspects out of those arrested.
In 2017, over a ton of heroin and several kinds of drugs were also seized in the same province.
Reporting by Necat Hazar:Writing by Sadik Kedir Abdu
