Ankara police arrests 10 Syrians for dealing drugs

Narcotics squads in Ankara arrested 10 Syrians for trading drugs through an organization of street vendors. Photos of the raid were released by the police.

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Police have arrested 10 Syrians in Ankara for dealing drugs through an organization of street vendors.

Squads from the department of narcotics at Ankara Police raided 19 different residences in the early hours of Thursday to capture the suspects.

Photos from the raid show a suspect laying on their stomach on the ground with their hands cuffed behind their back.

The police noted that the search was ongoing in suspects' homes and work, and that the number of arrests could go up.

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