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Turkey seized largest amount of heroin in Europe in 2020: report

November 23, 2022

Turkey seized the largest amount of heroin and MDMA tablets in 2020 among 29 countries -- the EU Member States, Norway and Turkey --...

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Fugitive Turkish bus baron arrested in Georgia for illegal purchase, possession of drugs

June 3, 2022

A fugitive millionaire Turkish businessman who fled Turkey after being sentenced to life in prison for soliciting murder has been arrested in Georgia for...

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4 Turks among 5 arrested in cocaine bust off Spain’s Canary Islands

April 18, 2022

Five people including four Turkish citizens were arrested when a fishing boat carrying nearly three tons of cocaine was intercepted off the Canary Islands,...

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Malta customs seizes 800 kg of cocaine in ship en route to Turkey from Colombia

April 8, 2022

Customs officials in Malta have seized 800 kilograms of cocaine on a ship that was en route to the southern Turkish province of Mersin...

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[Opinion] Is Turkey becoming a narco-state?

September 17, 2021

Türkmen Terzi Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in 2015 that Turkish authorities were benefitting from oil trade with the Islamic State in Iraq and the...

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Brazilian authorities seize 1.3 tons of cocaine on private Turkish jet

August 5, 2021

Brazilian police on Wednesday seized 1.3 tons of cocaine stashed in suitcases on a private jet belonging to Turkish carrier ACM Air and leased...

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New cocaine route goes through Turkey, Spanish daily claims

June 28, 2021

Turkey is part of a new drug trafficking route from Latin America to the Middle East, according to excerpts from a report in the...

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Half ton of cocaine seized at port in southern Turkey

June 23, 2021

Turkish customs on Tuesday seized 463 kilograms of cocaine in a container from Ecuador in the southern province of Mersin, Turkey’s Trade Minister Mehmet...

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Turkish customs seizes 1 ton of cocaine in Mersin port

June 16, 2021

Turkish customs on Wednesday seized one ton of cocaine on a Liberia-flagged ship in the southern province of Mersin, Turkish media outlets reported. “The customs...

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Mob boss claims son of Erdoğan loyalist part of drug trafficking ring

May 24, 2021

Turkish mafia leader Sedat Peker has claimed that son of a former prime minister, a loyalist of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was part of...

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AKP employee admits to snorting cocaine after ridicule over powdered sugar defense

March 29, 2021

An employee at Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters who was briefly detained last week after a video emerged showing him snorting...

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