By Orhan Onur Gemici
ANKARA (AA) – A total of 10,639 were remanded in custody over anti-narcotics operation in the past six months according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency.
Anti-narcotics teams have carried out over 71,000 operations across Turkey in the first half of 2018.
They have arrested nearly 98,000 people suspected of drug smuggling — a 27 percent increase from the same period last year.
Security forces also seized nearly 10 tons of heroin and over 4 million pills during the operations.
