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He Arrived at Istanbul Airport in a 'Pilot' Uniform: The Drug Courier Is Being Sought Everywhere!

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Customs officers, suspicious of a passenger arriving in Istanbul from Mexico, searched his suitcase and seized 23 packages containing a total of 26 kilograms of what is believed to be cocaine—a white powder. The officers determined that the arrested individual and two other people who arrived in Turkey with him were drug couriers and had left the airport wearing pilot uniforms.

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Customs officers, suspicious of a passenger arriving in Istanbul from Mexico, searched his suitcase and seized 23 packages containing a total of 26 kilograms of what is believed to be cocaine—a white powder. The officers determined that the arrested individual and two other people who arrived in Turkey with him were drug couriers and had left the airport wearing pilot uniforms.

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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Twenty-five kilograms of drugs were seized from the luggage of a foreign national arriving at Istanbul Airport from Mexico.

·Türkiye
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An incident straight out of a movie unfolded at Istanbul Airport. Drug traffickers from Mexico attempted to enter Türkiye by passing through the Green Line, signifying "I have no goods subject to customs duties." Stopped by Customs Enforcement Officers at the Customs Control Point, the individual, identified as Orlando Antonio Viana Florez, had his carry-on baggage scanned by an X-RAY machine. Suspicious density was detected in his baggage. Foll…

Customs officers seized over 26 kilograms of what is believed to be cocaine from a passenger arriving in Istanbul from Mexico. Expanding their investigation, customs officials identified two other suspects who arrived in Turkey with the passenger as drug couriers. It was revealed that one of the suspects left Istanbul Airport wearing a pilot's uniform. The seized drugs have a market value of approximately 206 million Turkish lira. Two people wer…

In an operation at Istanbul Airport, 26 kilograms of cocaine were found in the suitcase of a Colombian passenger arriving from Mexico. The search also revealed that two other individuals who had arrived in Turkey were drug couriers and had left the airport wearing pilot uniforms.

·Ankara, Türkiye
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Cocaine worth 206 million Turkish Lira was seized at Istanbul Airport. It was revealed that a member of the drug ring bypassed security checkpoints by wearing a pilot's uniform and then disappeared.

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Haberler broke the news on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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