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Three arrested after shooting investigation uncovers drug factory in Istanbul
A shooting in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district led police to a drug-making operation after two men were fired at on November 2.
The men told police they had no known dispute with anyone and did not know why they were targeted.
Police identified two suspects in connection with the shooting and arrested them, then found a third suspect at a house in Örnektepe.
Inside the house, police found 135 kilograms of pregabalin and 40,000 pills, along with empty capsules, boxes and pill-making equipment.
Police said a woman was filling capsules with drug ingredients to make synthetic medicine.
A court jailed all three suspects, who face charges including drug production and trafficking; the two men linked to the shooting also face charges related to endangering public safety and attempted injury.
The suspects are now in prison, and the report gives no further details about what happens next.
Police investigating a shooting in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district uncovered a drug production site and seized 135 kilograms of pregabalin and 40,000 pills.
Three suspects were arrested and remanded in custody.
The shooting happened in Yenişehir Mahallesi on 2 November.
Police said a 19-year-old woman was making capsules at a house in Örnektepe Mahallesi.
The two people who were shot told police they had no known dispute with anyone and did not know why they were attacked.
- Who
- Three suspects were arrested: Efecan Y., Ömer K. and Gülse B. Two people, Mazlum K. and Mahsun K., were shot at.
- What
- A shooting investigation led police to a drug production site. Police seized pregabalin, pills and equipment.
- When
- The shooting happened on 2 November, at about 17:30.
- Where
- Yenişehir Mahallesi and Örnektepe Mahallesi, in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district.
- Why
- The two people who were shot said they did not know why they were attacked. Efecan Y. reportedly said he was drunk and could not remember why he fired.
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A gunman shot at Mazlum K. and Mahsun K. in Yenişehir Mahallesi and fled.
Police identified Efecan Y. as the suspected gunman and tracked down Ömer K. and Gülse B.
Police found a drug production site and seized pregabalin, pills, empty capsules, boxes and production equipment.
The three suspects were taken to court and remanded in custody.
- Pregabalin seized
- 135 kilograms
- Pills seized
- 40,000
- Empty capsules
- 250,000
- Empty drug boxes
- 400
- Shooting location
- Yenişehir Mahallesi, Beyoğlu
- Suspects remanded
- 3