Spain’s record seizure of nearly 10 tons of cocaine from a cargo ship in the Atlantic Ocean has reignited questions about Turkey’s declared fight against narcotics, drawing attention to a pattern in which suspects are arrested in headline-grabbing operations but later released or acquitted often without convictions linking them to drug trafficking.

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As details emerged, Turkish media reported that the cocaine shipment was allegedly connected to Çetin Gören, a figure previously tried in Turkey’s high-profile Bataklık (Swamp) operation.

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