Police apprehend dealers for selling drug-filled balloons in Turkey's Fethiye

Police have apprehended five dealers for selling drug-filled balloons in the southern resort district of Fethiye. The drugs, which included nitrogen oxide, were being sold to foreign tourists in balloons filled via a special mechanism, authorities said.

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Police have apprehended five dealers for selling drug-filled balloons in the southern resort district of Fethiye.

Five suspects were detained after police determined that balloons filled with drugs in gas form were sold to customers by a waiter at a nightclub in the district.

The drugs, which included nitrogen oxide, were being sold to foreign tourists in balloons filled via a special mechanism, authorities said.

Some 56 capsules of drugs were seized in the operation.

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