Turkish police seize 4.6 tons of meth, detain 8 suspects

STORY: Turkish police seize 4.6 tons of meth, detain 8 suspects SHOOTING TIME: March 8, 2024 DATELINE: March 9, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:07 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of police operations against drug traffickers STORYLINE: Turkish police on Friday seized 4.6 tons of methamphetamine and captured eight suspected drug traffickers in an operation in Türkiye's largest city Istanbul, said Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. Yerlikaya announced on social media platform X that a major operation was launched against drug dealers, during which police had raided three locations in the city. The methamphetamine confiscated was in various forms, including those impregnated with vine seeds, liquid, resinous, and acetone, according to Yerlikaya. Yerlikaya added that eight suspects, including four foreign nationals, have been detained. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul, Türkiye. (XHTV)

1st batch of U.S. beef arrives in Japan since import resumption

1st batch of U.S. beef arrives in Japan since import resumption

TOKYO, Japan - A quarantine official checks U.S. beef at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Dec. 16. The shipment of 4.6 tons of U.S. beef arrived there earlier in the day as the Japanese government conditionally ended a two-year-old ban on North American beef on Dec. 12.

Narcotics burned in Thailand in antidrug show

Narcotics burned in Thailand in antidrug show

BANGKOK, Thailand - Bags of drugs are piled up in Bang Pa In, Ayutthaya Province, some 60 kilometers north of Bangkok, to be destroyed by fire June 28 to commemorate the 24th World Anti-Narcotics Day. Thai authorities said a total of 1.5 tons of illicit drugs, including 13 million amphetamine tablets, 250 kilograms of heroin, 107 kg of opium and 4.6 kg of Ecstasy, were destroyed.

1st batch of U.S. beef arrives in Japan since import resumption

1st batch of U.S. beef arrives in Japan since import resumption

TOKYO, Japan - A quarantine official checks U.S. beef at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Dec. 16. The shipment of 4.6 tons of U.S. beef arrived there earlier in the day as the Japanese government conditionally ended a two-year-old ban on North American beef on Dec. 12. (Kyodo)

Narcotics burned in Thailand in antidrug show

Narcotics burned in Thailand in antidrug show

BANGKOK, Thailand - Bags of drugs are piled up in Bang Pa In, Ayutthaya Province, some 60 kilometers north of Bangkok, to be destroyed by fire June 28 to commemorate the 24th World Anti-Narcotics Day. Thai authorities said a total of 1.5 tons of illicit drugs, including 13 million amphetamine tablets, 250 kilograms of heroin, 107 kg of opium and 4.6 kg of Ecstasy, were destroyed.