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One person was killed and seven injured Friday when a cable car pod in southern Turkey hit a pole and burst open, sending the passengers plummeting to the mountainside below, officials and local media said. Scores of other people were left stranded late into the night after the entire cable car system came to a standstill.

Turkish police have seized the third largest haul of cocaine in the country's history, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on April 11 amid tightening crackdowns on organized crime rings.

Some 608 kilograms of cocaine, most of it in liquid form, were confiscated in an operation across three provinces, Yerlikaya posted on the social media platform X.

Turkish police have seized the third largest haul of cocaine in the country's history, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced, as groups monitoring organized crime warned that the country was becoming an entry point for drugs reaching Europe.

More than 1 ton of drugs and 1 million drug pills have been seized and 250 individuals have been arrested during the nationwide crackdown against drug trafficking, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced.

Following investigations by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), 92 billion Turkish Liras ($2.84 billion) in assets have been seized from social media influencers who were detained over allegations of money laundering and tax evasion, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has said.

The Interior Ministry has dispatched an extensive array of security measures, encompassing the assignment of a large number of law enforcement units, to the governor's offices of the country's all 81 provinces ahead of the local elections on March 31, Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced.

Türkiye witnessed an increase in motorcycle-related accidents, with 38 percent of fatal and injury accidents in 2023 caused by motorcycles, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has said.

Yerlikaya attended the opening of the 2024 Motobike Istanbul Fair on March 21, where he highlighted the increasing number of motorcycle accidents in the country.

Search teams have reached the pickup truck used by the miners trapped beneath the soil before the landslide hit the mining site in the eastern province of Erzincan, forming the first trace found over a month after the incident.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced the dismantling of two separate criminal organizations in simultaneous operations conducted in the southern city of Osmaniye.

The minister disclosed on March 3 that a total of 55 suspects were apprehended in the operations targeting gangs allegedly led by individuals identified as Murat Özdemir and Cengiz Arslan.

Security forces dismantled two organized crime groups in the capital Ankara and Istanbul, resulting in the apprehension of more than 70 suspects, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced.