British police raids target Turkish crime kingpins

POLICE in London yesterday launched a massive assault on what they described as probably the biggest organised crime group in Britain.

British police raids target Turkish crime kingpins

In one of Scotland Yard’s biggest series of co-ordinated raids, around 550 officers targeted 15 addresses around the capital through the night.

They raided homes, businesses and gambling dens linked to a notorious Turkish family who are described as “kingpins” in the international heroin smuggling trade with interests in Britain, Turkey, Holland and the rest of Europe.

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