Turkish security forces confiscated 1.65 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the stomachs of two foreign women in an operation conducted at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport on Sunday, Xinhua quoted Anadolu news agency as reporting.
The seized drug was worth around 100,000 U.S. dollars and the women were arrested at the international flights terminal of the airport, said the agency.
In another three operations in the south-eastern province of Sanliurfa, security forces impounded 110 kilograms of hashish in two cars and a truck, the agency said in a separated report.
Five people in connection with the illicit drugs were detained, it said.
Turkey is a key transit route for smuggling drugs from Asia and the Middle East to markets in western Europe.
In 2008, Turkish security forces waged a total of 15,000 operations against drugs, confiscating more than 15 tons of heroin, 39 tons of hashish and 1.4 million ecstasy pills and arresting 32, 000 suspects, according to the agency.
Turkish security forces seize cocaine hidden in foreigners' stomachs
Turkish security forces confiscated 1.65 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the stomachs of two foreign women in an operation conducted at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport on Sunday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
