BALIKESIR (CÝHAN) - The number of the suspects arrested in connection with smuggling and organized crime in the Edremit town of Balýkesir climbed to seven.
In the second part of an operation named "Blonde Girl-2" against organized crime and smugglers in Edremit, detainees Nihat Vural (38) and Ýskender Kara (36) were arrested by the court and sent to the prison. The two suspects reportadly at the feet of gas station owner Ahmet Olcay when he refused give them 'protection money.'
Previously, five people were arrested in an operation against a organized crime gang and smugglers on charges of extortion, threat, armed robbery, pay off and arm smuggling.