Turkey’s intelligence agency hunts Interpol suspects, arresting four in one week

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, known as MİT, has arrested four people wanted internationally on drug-related charges in a series of coordinated operations carried out over one week.

MİT said it tracked the suspects’ movements and contacts in Turkey before sharing its findings with police units in the relevant provinces. The operations led to arrests in Alanya, Istanbul, Mardin and Yalova.

The first operation took place in Alanya, in Antalya province, where authorities detained Annes Salkovic, a Swedish passport holder wanted by Interpol for allegedly importing narcotics. The second suspect, Ahsan Khan, held a British passport and was wanted internationally on a drug charge. Police arrested him in Istanbul after receiving information from MİT.

In Mardin, authorities detained Vedat Başkar, a German passport holder wanted by German judicial authorities for drug trafficking. The final operation took place in Yalova, where officers arrested Samir Shahade, another German passport holder wanted by German authorities in connection with a drug offense.

MİT and police conducted the operations jointly. The report said judicial proceedings against the four suspects would follow, but the supplied article ends before giving further details.