Friday 19 March 2021

Turkish police raid homes of Nigerians in Istanbul, arrest 5 for possession of hard drugs


The police in Istanbul recently raided the homes of some Nigerians living in Namik Kemal neighbourhood following an investigations that the suspects were peddling hard drugs.

The Esenyurt District Police Directorate’s Office tracked the suspects and identified two addresses and raided both addresses simultaneously.

There, they found drugs, hidden in different locations, including in shelves, under the bed, and in a closet.

A suitcase filled with hard drugs weighing 16.5 kilograms was found hidden under a bed. 5 suspects were arrested in the raid – 4 men and 1 woman.

The suspects were charged to court and the male suspects were jailed while the female suspect was deported.


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