The 13th of the "Narkocelik" operations, which the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been carrying out uninterruptedly for a while, was carried out simultaneously in 81 provinces.
Minister Yerlikaya stated that, under the coordination of the Gendarmerie General Command's Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department, provincial gendarmerie commands carried out simultaneous "Narkoçelik-81" operations in 13 provinces against drug manufacturers, their sellers and street dealers.
Informing that 451 kilograms of drugs and 87 thousand drug pills were seized during the operations and 194 suspects were captured, Yerlikaya said, “I want our beloved nation to know that we will never allow drug dealers to poison our youth and society, which is our bright future. "Our operations against poison dealers all over our country will continue increasingly." he said.
Minister Yerlikaya noted the following regarding the amounts of drugs seized in some provinces during the operations in which 4 thousand 289 teams, 14 thousand 108 personnel and 169 narcotic detection dogs participated:
