"Beat & Release": Policeman O.K. Stole and Sold Guns & Ammo to Settle His Debts, in Adana

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 4 December 2024)

Hmmm, seems like a lot of stuff is missing...that's not OK!

New details have come out about the theft and sale of guns

and ammunition from the Adana police depot.  Special

operations policeman O.K. (!) planned the sale of the weapons 

and ammunition to settle debts he incurred playing the stock 

market. 

O.K. sold the weapons material to Y.Y., a policeman who

was fired because of his connections to FETÖ (Fethullah

Gülen Terror Organization) and his use of the FETÖ 

"ByLock" email system., through female "başkomiser"

(chief inspector) Z.T. M., assigned to the special operations

office in Mersin.  Z.T.M sold the items to a hunting shop,

together with A.M., the wife of a policeman in Mezitli, and

criminal organization lawyer M.Y.  

The suspects made the theft look like the guns and ammo

had been expended during training before selling them to

the criminal organization.  

Policeman O.K. sold t-shirts for his debt relief too.

Raids were conducted on 29 November and O.K., A.M.,

Z.T.M. and M.Y. were among the 11 suspects taken into

custody.  Found at M.Y.'s office were 139 hand bombs, 55

revolvers, 3 automatic revolvers, 2 hunting rifles, 7,621

bullets of various calibers, 200 clips, 17 ballistic vests, 5

electro-shock devices, 40 pepper spray canisters and 23

knives. (!)

An inventory of the depot revealed that 100 hand bombs

and 255,000 bullets were missing and police are trying to

track down the buyers of the stolen material.  O.K., who

confessed, former policeman Y.Y., lawyer M.Y., police

wife A.M., along with E.T., A.K. and K.B. were jailed

and four others released on judicial supervision.