Police seize large amount of hashish in Turkey
The Turkish police on Saturday seized a large amount of hashish in several provinces in Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
The police stopped a truck at a checkpoint on the Bitlis- Diyarbakir road and found 43.7 kg of hashish stashed in the vehicle in the eastern province of Bitlis, said the report, adding that the driver of the truck was arrested.
Meanwhile, acting on a tip-off, the Turkish police searched two cars and found 51 kg of hashish in the vehicles in Yeni Mahalle district in Turkey's central province of Konya, according to the report.
Four people were detained in the operation, said the report.
In another operation, the police stopped a car on Tarsus-Adana- Gaziantep highway, and seized 24 kg of hashish stashed in the vehicle.
In other operations in the districts of Kiremithane, Sakirbaba, Daglioglu and Ulubatli Hasan in Adana Province, Turkish police seized 60 kg of hashish, said the report, adding that 11 others were detained.
Turkey is a key transit route for drug smuggling from Asia and the Middle East to Europe.
Editor: yan
English.news.cn 2011-11-06 01:04:30 FeedbackPrintRSS
ANKARA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua)
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