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Spisiak: Police Action Went Awry due to Turkey's Failure to Stick to Deal
Wednesday 29 December 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, December 29 (TASR) - The international police operation, during which a Czech lorry driver unwittingly carrying substance used in production of heroin was detained in Turkey, was handled in a brilliant manner by the Slovak police while it was botched by Turkish authorities, Slovak Police Corps President Jaroslav Spisiak told a press conference on Wednesday.
Within the international police operation aimed at arresting a gang of drug traffickers, a truck headed from Dunajska Streda (Trnava region) to Istanbul was loaded with contraband used in heroin production. The material was supposed to reel in a gang of drug traffickers. However, the recipient company said that it hadn't ordered any items and the police action fell flat.
"Given that Turkey failed to stick to agreements, the operation designed to track down the purchaser and identify the laboratory didn't succeed," said Spisiak. Contrary to a previous agreement, the lorry driver was arrested, said Spisiak.
Still, the Slovak police have managed to apprehend two people in Slovakia who are members of the gang, he noted.
According to Spisiak, Slovakia has asked a total of seven countries for help in the operation. Turkish police were supposed to complete the process of tracking down the purchaser of the contraband that was set to be used in the production of heroin bound for western Europe – and Slovakia.
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