6 Ekim 2026 Salı

"Trash & Release": Sanitation Workers Noticed Cache of Drug Pills, Leading to Police Raid, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 6 October 2026)














        One man's garbage is another man's treasure.

On September 30, in the Kağıthane district of Istanbul, municipal 
sanitation workers noticed boxes inside the garbage containers 
while cleaning them.

Workers opening the boxes became suspicious upon discovering a 
large number of pills (!) and notified the police. Police teams 
arriving at the scene examined the contents and found narcotic pills 
mixed with waste materials used in pill manufacturing. After separating 
the pills from the other waste, a total of 10,900 narcotic pills were 
seized. Police teams began reviewing nearby security camera footage 
to identify who had left the boxes.

Police teams determined that the boxes had been left in the containers 
by an individual who collects waste using a handcart. Continuing their 
investigation, the police also obtained footage showing the boxes being 
unloaded from a van. The individuals who unloaded the boxes from the 
van and loaded them onto the handcart were identified as Hulisi Y. (56), 
Abdulkadir D. (46), and Mehmet T. (25). The three suspects were taken 
into custody by the police.

"Round up the usual suspects."















Police teams conducting an operation at a workplace used as a 
manufacturing facility in Fatih seized a large number of empty capsules
 and a precision scale during searches. A search of a warehouse in 
Başakşehir—located as a result of the police teams' investigation—yielded 
785 kilograms of pregabalin and 643,476 narcotic pills. Two additional 
suspects were apprehended and taken into custody during the operation. 
The three suspects were referred to the courthouse after their processing 
at the police station was completed.



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