Hakan Ayik has been on NSW's most-wanted list for more than a decade, suspected of the alleged 'supply of large commercial quantities of drugs' and links to the Comancheros bikie gang.
A top fugitive wanted in Australia for drug smuggling and 36 others have been captured in Istanbul in a joint operation between the Australian Federal Police and the Turkish National Police.The AFP assisted Turkish police with the operationHakan Ayik has been on New South Wales' most-wanted list for more than a decade for the alleged "supply of large commercial quantities of drugs".
By sharing that app, he unknowingly helped the AFP bring down more than 220 alleged criminals in a three-year operation across 18 countries.The Turkish government published a video of the arrests showing armed special agents and narcotics officers banging on doors of apartments and houses, arresting various men and seizing hand guns and stacks of foreign bank notes.
"Some of them were not only known and wanted by the AFP, but by other law enforcement agencies across the world," Acting Deputy Commissioner Edwards said. Those countries included the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand, Lebanon
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