Major Anti-Smuggling Operation in Kocaeli, Turkey Detains Two Suspects

  In a large anti-smuggling operation in the Izmit district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey, two suspects were successfully detained, and 570 e-cigarettes worth about 400,000 lira were seized.

According to Turkish media outlet Haberler, two suspects were caught by gendarmerie in an anti-smuggling operation in the Izmit district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey.

The Kocaeli Provincial Gendarmerie Command is fully engaged in clearing up smuggling activities. In a sudden raid in the Izmit district, gendarmerie seized 570 e-cigarettes worth 400,000 lira (about 560,000 yuan). This is said to be an important recent operation against smuggling, and it has had a strong deterrent effect on local smuggling activities.