HATAY
Turkish police and soldiers carried out an extensive operation on oil smuggling in the border province of Hatay on Friday, an Anadolu Agency correspondent has reported.
The ongoing operation was carried out under the coordination of the Provincial Command of Gendarmerie as well as several units of border patrols and police squads.
During the operation, entrances and exits to the neighborhood were controlled by security forces.
The pipelines, which were being used for oil smuggling, were destroyed.
Many firearms were confiscated and some suspects were arrested during the operation.
Turkey’s southern border province of Hatay, which borders Syria, is a favorite route for the illegal trafficking of oil, alcohol, tobacco products, luxury cars and drugs.
On Friday, 23 stolen luxury cars were confiscated by Interpol at Cilvegozu border gate in Hatay.
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