Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya, in his post on his social media account, stated that 41 kilograms of drugs were carried out in the "Narkoçelik-12" operations carried out simultaneously in 856 provinces by provincial police directorates against drug manufacturers, those who sell them and street dealers, under the coordination of the General Directorate of Security's Anti-Narcotic Crimes Directorate. He stated that 795 thousand narcotic pills were seized.
Minister Yerlikaya stated that 268 poison dealers and street vendors were caught during the operations, and with the participation of 558 teams, 1635 personnel and 44 narcotic detection dogs, Gaziantep, Nevşehir, İzmir, Mersin, Istanbul, Kayseri, Adana, Şanlıurfa, Bursa, Antalya, Osmaniye, Bitlis, Denizli. , Kocaeli, Konya, Kırklareli, Edirne, Eskişehir, Van, Tekirdağ, Çorum, Ankara, Elazığ, Hatay, Muş, Samsun, Diyarbakır, Bolu, Amasya, Kars, Zonguldak, Malatya, Sakarya, Aydın, Bingöl, Çanakkale, Isparta, Kütahya He noted that work was carried out in Muğla, Tokat and Karabük.
Congratulating the security forces who carried out the operation, Minister Yerlikaya said, “We will not tolerate drug dealers who poison our youth and our future. We are on their necks at all times. They will not be able to escape from us.” said.