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Turkish police said on Tuesday that Urfi Cetinkaya, who was wanted on red notice for drug manufacturing and trafficking, was arrested in Istanbul.
The General Directorate of Security said in a statement that the narcotics and intelligence units of Istanbul police carried out a joint operation to raid an address in Sariyer.
Cetinkaya, who was already sentenced to 24 years in prison, was arrested during the operation carried out by anti-terror and special operations police at the address where he was hiding.
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