Turkish police crackdown on organized smuggling operation.

Dec.09.2022
Turkish police crackdown on organized smuggling operation.
Turkish police seize smuggled goods including alcohol, tobacco, and e-cigarettes in special operation in Trabzon province.

The Organized Crime Division of the Anti-Smuggling Unit of the Trabzon Provincial Security Directorate in Turkey has carried out a special operation and seized smuggled alcoholic beverages, tobacco, tobacco products, and products containing and not containing resorcinol.


During the operation, authorities seized 90 packs of smuggled e-cigarettes, 740 packs of smuggled cigarettes, and 31 bottles of smuggled alcohol from the bags of suspects SM and AG.


The litigation against the two suspects who have been detained is still ongoing.


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