Turkish police seize 8.5 tons of drugs in Istanbul in Jan.-July

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Turkish police seize 8.5 tons of drugs in Istanbul in Jan.-July

STORY: Turkish police seize 8.5 tons of drugs in Istanbul in Jan.-July DATELINE: Aug. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. file footages about anti-narcotics police team stopping a truck carrying narcotics and arresting the driver in Istanbul, Türkiye 2. file footages about anti-narcotics police officers seizing narcotic substances in raids on designated addresses in Istanbul, Türkiye 3. file footages about criminals caught in operations taken to police cars in Istanbul, Türkiye 4. file footages about police officers displaying narcotics seized during operations at police headquarters in Istanbul, Türkiye STORYLINE: Turkish anti-narcotics police have seized 8.5 tons of drugs and more than 2.5 million pills since January in Istanbul, the governor's office said in a statement on Tuesday. The police have carried out 24,539 anti-narcotics operations and detained 3,251 suspects since January, said the statement. It vowed to make unremitting efforts to co

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