REYHANLI — Turkishsecurity forces yesterday confiscated 50 tons of diesel oil smuggled from Syria in Reyhanlı, a town in southern Turkey bordering with Syria and arrested a public official.
Police and gendarmerie forces launched an operation against fuel smugglers in a neighborhood of Reyhanlı. Eleven suspects were arrested in the operation. Authorities said "a public official" was among the suspects.
Along with diesel oil, security forces seized a makeshift mechanism to pump fuel through the border by secret pipelines.
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