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)

Artificial rain

Artificial rain

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an artificial rain facility housed in a hut in the town of Okutama, western Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2013. The Tokyo metropolitan government ran the facility to release silver iodide mixed with acetone to up in the air on a trial basis for the first time in 12 years in light of low storage levels in dams in the area.

Artificial rain

Artificial rain

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo metropolitan government runs on a trial basis an artificial rain facility housed in a hut in the town of Okutama, western Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2013. The facility to release silver iodide mixed with acetone to up in the air was operated for the first time in 12 years in light of low storage levels in dams in the area.