Biggest drug seizure nets 110 kilos of cocaine


Turkish security forces seized 110 kilograms of cocaine worth TL 35 million ($13.5 million) in an operation aboard a Singapore-flagged ship in Istanbul. According to Turkish media, it is the largest haul of cocaine captured in a single operation.Officials discovered cocaine hidden in a shipping container of bananas aboard the vessel that sailed from Panama to İzmit, a city east of Istanbul, before anchoring at the Ambarlı port on Istanbul's European side.