more than 71 kilograms of cocaine seizes in turkey, five under custody

A total of 71 kilos and 634 grams of cocaine stash smuggled by ships from Colombia were seized in Turkey. According to the Narcotic Investigations teams, the drugs seized in Mersin Port were brought to Turkey from Colombia, following the USA, Netherlands and Italy maritime route with ships carrying bananas, flowers and coffee boxes. Five of three culprits, who were in touch with Colombian drug cartels, confessed their crimes of organizing the drug trafficking. The culprits will be tried by the Ankara authorities, and the investigations on the incident will be extended.