
The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that judicial proceedings were taken against 371 suspects in smuggling operations carried out simultaneously in 64 provinces.
In the smuggling operations carried out in 64 provinces under the coordination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, legal action was taken against 371 suspects, and many illegal drinks, macarons and cigarettes were seized.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Directorate of Security organize operations within the scope of combating smuggling crimes throughout the country.
NEWS CENTER - The Ministry of Internal Affairs shared the details of the operations carried out throughout Türkiye within the scope of the fight against smuggling crimes. Simultaneous work was carried out in 64 provinces under the coordination of the Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) Directorate of the General Directorate of Security. Suspects who brought smuggled products into the country, produced them in illegal factories and put them on the market were targeted.
The following details about the operation were shared by the Ministry;
"During our operations carried out within the scope of "fighting against smuggling crimes" in 64 provinces, judicial proceedings were carried out against 371 suspects. Under the coordination of the General Directorate of Security KOM Presidency, operations were carried out in 64 provinces against the suspects who were found to have committed the crimes of smuggling and distributing smuggled products into our country without being subjected to customs clearance, and launching counterfeit or smuggled products produced in illegal factories, as a result of the studies carried out by our Provincial Police Departments.
As a result of the operations, 64 thousand 857 liters of alcoholic beverages, 22 million 116 thousand 60 filled tubes, 10 million 387 thousand 700 empty tubes and 230 thousand 80 packs of cigarettes were seized.
We never give way to underhanded groups that disregard the health of our citizens with fake and smuggled products, and smuggling networks seeking unfair profits. We continue our operations all over our country uninterruptedly. We congratulate our heroic police officers, KOM Presidency, Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and all those who contributed."

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