Drug traffickers hid nearly 19 kilograms of narcotics in plastic bottles at Antalya Airport
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- Turkish customs enforcement teams seized 18.921 kilograms of narcotics at Antalya Airport.
- Officers detained two suspects arriving in Turkey and found drugs hidden in plastic bottles and absorbed into clothing and other belongings.
- The Antalya Chief Public Prosecutorโs Office opened an investigation into the suspects.
Customs enforcement teams seized 18 kilograms and 921 grams of narcotics during an operation at Antalya Airport.
The Customs Enforcement Smuggling and Intelligence Directorate in Antalya had been tracking two suspects who entered Turkey by air as part of an investigation into drug trafficking. Officers subjected their two suitcases to a detailed search.
They found 6 kilograms and 571 grams of narcotics hidden inside plastic bottles. A further 12 kilograms and 350 grams had been absorbed into various clothes and personal items.
Authorities confiscated the entire shipment and detained the suspects. The Antalya Chief Public Prosecutorโs Office has launched an investigation.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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