Turkish gendarmerie seizes guns, ammunition in southeastern raid

ŞANLIURFA – Doğan News Agency

Security forces have detained four people in Siverek, a town in the Şanlıurfa province near the Syrian border, seizing a large cache of guns and ammunition.

The gendarmerie operation came following two months of monitoring, after a tip-off.

Some 16 rifles, six pistols, 65 magazines, and 6,689 bullets were seized in the simultaneous raids on five houses early on Jan. 22.

The gendarmerie said the interrogation of the suspects, whose identities have not been revealed, has begun.