ISTANBUL

Anti-narcotics police in Turkey have seized 10 kilograms of cocaine in a major operation in Istanbul, officials said Friday. 

Istanbul police impounded on May 14 the illegal drug that was smuggled from the Netherlands. Five suspects were arrested in the operation.

In a separate operation in the northwestern province of Kocaeli, police impounded 180 kilograms of heroin, detaining five people, including 2 Iranian nationals.

In another bust, police at Istanbul Airport arrested nine Iranian nationals for carrying 5 kilograms of heroin stashed in 350 capsules hidden in their bodies.

*Writing by Dilara Hamit