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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 December 2023)
Istanbul police riding in style henceforth!
21 luxury cars seized in a police operation against the Comanchero gang
have been allocated to the Istanbul police to use. Hakan Ayık, a Turk
who was born in Australia, ran the Comanchero motorcycle gang, which
was busted in a police operation last month, just like in the movies. The
gang's Ferrari 488 GTB, Bentley Continental GT, Land Rover Range
Rover L460, Porsche Taycan Turbo and late-model Mercedes, BMW and
Audi cars are now police cars. (!)
The vehicles, worth in excess of 100 million TL (about $3,400,000), were
turned over to the police by a decision of the Interior Ministry and the
requisite legal means. The cars were painted white at a warehouse in
Pendik and police logos pasted on, with sirens and lamps added, too. The
new police cars will be seen on the streets of Istanbul in the days ahead.
The gang was started in 1968 in Sidney, Australia, by Mick Hawi and
his friends, who were impressed enough by the film "Comanchero" that
they named their gang after it. Mark Douglas Buddle succeeded Hawi
upon his death. The gang dealt in drugs and soon spread first to America
and then worldwide, becoming a drug cartel. Buddle was arrested in
Northern Cyprus in 2022 and sent back to Australia, where he was jailed.
Subsequently, Hakan Ayık became the gang's "chief". Just about all of
the gang members made the Interpol "wanted list". The gang brought
drugs from South America via South Korea and South Africa to Australia,
Holland and Hong Kong but when its leaders were cornered by
authorities in Australia and America they fled to Northern Cyprus and
Turkey, where the entire gang was busted in last month's raid.
Horses, not motorcycles you dummies!
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