Türkiye busts international criminal organisation Comanchero, arrests 37 suspects
Based in Australia and led by Hakan Ayik, Comanchero operates globally and engages in various criminal activities, including drug trafficking, murder, armed robbery, arson, and kidnapping.
Türkiye busted an international criminal organisation Comanchero, arresting 37 suspects in Istanbul, has said the Turkish interior minister.
Comanchero, based in Australia and led by Hakan Ayik (REIS), which operates globally, has been dismantled during operations in Istanbul, Ali Yerlikaya said on Thursday.
As a result of the operations, 37 suspects were captured, Yerlikaya added.
“We will not pardon organised crime gangs, drug dealers. Regardless of their scale, we will dismantle organised crime groups and bring them to justice.”
Türkiye brings down international armed crime organisation Comanchero, arresting 37 suspects in Istanbul – Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya pic.twitter.com/ZWvn4Ug6eZ
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Providing further details about the group, Yerlikaya mentioned that the so-called leader of the global organised crime organisation, Mick Hawi, was killed in 2018.
Under the leadership of Mark Douglas Buddle, the criminal organisation continued to engage in various criminal activities globally, including drug trafficking, murder, armed robbery, arson, and kidnapping.
Buddle was apprehended in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in 2022 and extradited to Australia.
Hakan Ayik and Duax Hohepa Ngakuru, two of the group members, took over the leadership and continued their criminal activities.
İSTANBUL’DA DÜZENLENEN KAFES OPERASYONU İLE AVUSTURALYA MERKEZLİ OLARAK KÜRESEL ÇAPTA FAALİYET GÖSTEREN VE LİDERLİĞİNİ HAKAN AYIK’IN (REİS) YAPTIĞI ULUSLARARASI SİLAHLI ORGANİZE SUÇ ÖRGÜTÜ COMANCHERO ÇÖKERTİLDİ❗️
— Ali Yerlikaya (@AliYerlikaya) November 2, 2023
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