1.27 tons of heroin bust largest in Turkish history

By Sertac Bulur </p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s interior minister said on Thursday that Wednesday’s heroin bust of over 1 ton was the largest in Turkish history.</p> <p>Speaking at an international drug conference in the Mediterranean city of Antalya, Suleyman Soylu said that anti-drug teams seized 1.27 tons of heroin Wednesday in the eastern Erzincan province.</p> <p>The confiscation came during a search on the back of a truck after it was stopped at a security checkpoint — set up upon intelligence reports, he said.</p> <p>According to a police data, Turkish security forces have caught a total of 17.3 tons of heroin in 2018, arresting more than 1,500 suspects.</p> <p>Underlining the PKK's active role in drug trafficking — as well as that of its &quot;renamed&quot; version, the YPG — Soylu accused Europe and the U.S. of failing to take a hard stance against the terror group despite its criminal activities and denying Ankara’s extradition requests for most wanted terrorists.</p> <p>&quot;If we want a world without terror, we must first have a world without drugs,&quot; Soylu said.</p> <p>In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU — has been responsible for the deaths of some 40,000 people, including women and children. The YPG is its Syrian branch.

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