120 weapons seized on a bus stopped in Tuzla
In an operation conducted in Istanbul's Tuzla district on a bus transporting unlicensed weapons intended for criminal organizations, 120 weapons were seized. While it was not disclosed which gang the shipment was intended for, 4 suspects linked to the weapons were arrested.
İHA
Under the coordination of the Istanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, teams from the Istanbul Provincial Police Department's Organized Crime Branch continue their operations against criminal organizations operating in the city and arms traffickers supplying them with weapons.
Within the scope of an ongoing investigation, police teams launched an operation targeting a passenger bus identified as carrying unlicensed weapons to be delivered to criminal organizations.
On July 8, the bus was stopped by police teams at a checkpoint on the TEM Highway in the Tuzla district. During the search and inspection of the vehicle, 120 unlicensed pistols and 120 magazines belonging to these weapons were seized in a secret compartment specially built behind the spare fuel tank.
Within the scope of the operation, 4 suspects were apprehended and taken into custody, and the bus used in the weapons shipment was confiscated.
The suspects were arrested by judicial authorities after being referred to court following their processing at the Istanbul Organized Crime Branch Directorate.