Turkish police detain 8 suspects in anti-gang operations

STORY: Turkish police detain 8 suspects in anti-gang operations SHOOTING TIME: February, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the anti-gang operations carried out by the Turkish police (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish police detained eight suspects, including the ringleaders, of a criminal organization as part of an operation dubbed "Cage-47," the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Sunday. The operations, initiated by the Turkish authorities in the northwestern province of Yalova, were carried out simultaneously in provinces of Kocaeli, Bursa, Yalova and Sakarya, Yerlikaya said on the social media platform X, without specifying the time of the raids. The police seized four unlicensed pistols, two blank firing pistols, two hunting rifles, a large amount of Turkish lira and a large number of promissory notes, checks, title deeds and digital materials, he said. He said that it has been suspe