Lucky-S incident
The Lucky-S incident occurred on January 7, 1993 when members of the Turkish Narcotic Police on Turkish Navy vessels intercepted the MV Lucky-S, a Turkish ocean freighter in Mediterranean international waters. The ship was suspected of being involved in smuggling drug into Turkey.[1]
It was the second drug operation on high sea within three weeks following the Kısmetim-1 incident. 11,039.550 kg (24,338.04 lb) cannabis and 2,568.010 kg (5,661.49 lb) morphine base[1] were captured on the ship, which was escorted to a Turkish port.
Trial
Eleven people in total were found to have been involved in the drug trade.[2]
Nejat Daş, who was found to have organized drug trafficking by the MV Kısmetim-1 and was imprisoned, escaped the prison on November 8, 1994, as he was brought for trial from Sinop Fortress Prison to the 1st State Security Court in Istanbul due to his involvement in the Lucky-S incident. On March 16, 1995, he was sentenced in absentia to 24-year heavy prison.[1]
It was asserted that the drug on the ship belonged mostly to the Turkish drug lord Halil Havar, son of the arms trafficker Mehmet Havar. He was tried and sentenced to 30-year heavy prison. He serves his sentence in Uşak Prison.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kısmetim 1 Davasında Yeni Karar" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:RtrHOsxWFeMJ:www.tumgazeteler.com/%3Fa%3D1345912+k%C4%B1smetim-1+pakistan&hl=tr&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=tr. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Halil Havar Hakkında Bilgi" (in Turkish). Ansiklopedi. http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/Halil_Havar. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
