Türkiye сonducts large-scale operations in 14 provinces

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 4. Large-scale
operations to combat arms smuggling were carried out in 14 Turkish
provinces, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on his
X account, Trend
reports.

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced the operations
on his social network X account.

According to Yerlikaya, over the past two weeks, authorities
seized 398 pistols, 175 shotguns, and 32 automatic weapons during
operations in 14 provinces, including Istanbul. A total of 202
people suspected of involvement in smuggling have been
detained.

Additionally, the activities of four workshops involved in the
illegal production of weapons were suspended.