How long did it take for Police arrest 38 in heroin raids?
Turf war victims: from left, Oklay Erblasi, 23, and Cem Duzgun, 21, who were shot dead in tit-for-tat killings, and Ahmet Paytek, 50, gunned down in his shop doorway in a case of mistaken identity David Cohen Evening Standard 17.11.09 Six months ago Ahmet Celik, a Turkish kebab shop owner who lived in the Green Lanes area of north London, disappeared from his home. He left only with the clothes on his back and fled from loan sharks linked to the Tottenham Boys and the Bombacilar, two of the capital’s most ruthless Turkish heroin and racketeering gangs. His departure caused great disquiet, not least because the genial 36-year-old was well liked among his friends, who knew him as a scrupulously honest, hard-working man, but also because, to protect himself and others, he had not even told his 32-year-old Irish wife that he was going. This week Ahmet returned to London, albeit just for a few hours. Sweating, fearful and furtively looking over his shoulder, he meets me at a secret rendezvo
For a list and police mugshots of all those arrested in Operation Medicine Man, see Wednesday’s News & Messenger. DUMFRIES, Va.—A man who was taken from a Dumfries home in handcuffs Tuesday morning had some choice words for the media and police. “Turn that (expletive) camera off, get it out of my face,” said the unidentified man in a black T-shirt and sweatpants. “Keep smiling because it’s really (expletive) funny.” He and two others inside the home at 17651 Rose Hill Circle in Dumfries were taken to jail as part of Operation Medicine Man — the culmination of a month long investigation into what police call a growing problem of heroin use among teenagers and young adults in Prince William County. The investigation targeted those distributing heroin, prescription drugs and other illegal narcotics. Officers on Tuesday morning raided at least eight homes and netted at least 38 arrests, police said. All were charged with felony drug distribution. As they did in all of Tuesday’s arrests, po
