Internal Affairs announced... Immigrant smuggling operation in 34 provinces: 63 arrests

The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that 81 migrant smuggling organizers were caught and 63 of them were arrested in operations carried out within the scope of combating migrant smuggling in 34 provinces.

According to the statement made on the ministry's virtual media account; Under the coordination of the Gendarmerie General Command's Department of Combating Immigrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking; Provincial Gendarmerie Commands carried out simultaneous operations in 34 provinces against immigrant smuggling.

As a result of the coordinated efforts carried out by the Gendarmerie Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (JİHA) from the air and the public order, highway and commando teams from the ground, 2 thousand 116 irregular immigrants who entered the country illegally were caught.

The captured irregular immigrants were handed over to the Provincial Directorates of Immigration Management to initiate deportation procedures. Within the scope of the operations, 111 vehicles and 10 boats and boat engines, which were determined to be used in immigrant smuggling, were seized.

63 ARREST

While 63 of the 81 immigrant smuggling organizers were arrested, judicial control provisions were applied to 18 of them.