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ISTANBUL, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Turkish police have seized 821,000 ecstasy pills and detained four people in an operation in Istanbul, state-run Anadolu agency reported Wednesday.
Acting on an intelligence tip-off, the Istanbul police anti-narcotics teams have started to investigate the activities of a pastry pie manufacturer in the district of Buyukcekmece as a drug network has been producing ecstasy pills at the facility, Anadolu said.
The teams, which have been following the suspects for about a month, tried to stop a vehicle leaving the address on Tuesday night, it added.
Police later detained the driver and apprehended three more people in operation conducted at the facility.
