ANKARA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Turkish police detained 2,795 suspects in a nationwide anti-drug trafficking operation, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Thursday.

In the operation code-named "Narkokapan-9," the police seized more than one ton of narcotic substances and 13.8 million narcotic pills, Yerlikaya said on social media platform X, without specifying the time of the operation.

A total of 4,192 teams, 10,480 personnel, 47 UAVs and helicopters, and 98 drug sniffer dogs took part in the operation across 77 Turkish provinces, Yerlikaya said.

Video footage posted on Yerlikaya's X account showed police entering apartments and buildings and putting suspects into vehicles.

Located at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, Türkiye has been grappling with international drug smuggling for years. Enditem

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