Turkish authorities have seized practically 52kg of cocaine on Berge Bulk’s capesize off the coast of Adana Yumurtalik in Iskenderun Bay.
In his assertion on social media, Turkey’s’ inside minister, Ali Yerlikaya, mentioned the medicine have been discovered tied to the anchor chain of the Liberian-flagged
Berge Torre.
Twenty-six suspects on board the 175,900 dwt ship, together with its captain and first officer, have been detained in reference to the incident.
“I need our expensive nation to know that we are going to not tolerate poison traffickers. Our ports are underneath shut surveillance,” Yerlikaya said on X, previously often known as Twitter.
In keeping with the minister, groups from the Turkish narcotics police seized 51km and 750gr of the drug wrapped in 45 packages in two sturdy plastic baggage.
The ship arrived in Turkey from Puerto Bolivar in Colombia on November 12.