Turkish security forces seized 15 tons of heroin in 2008, an official report said.
The report released by Turkey's Counter-Smuggling and Organized Crimes Department of the Directorate General of Security said that 15.4 tons of heroin was confiscated in operations in 2008.
The report also said that the Turkish security forces impounded 39.1 tons of hashish, and 105 kilograms of cocaine in their operations in 2008.
The report also said that the security forces arrested more than 32,000 people in their 15,433 operations.
The security forces also seized 80 kilograms of morphine, 56 kilograms of opium, 8,753 liters of acidic anhydride, 681,247 synthetic pharmaceutical, 2.9 million Captagon pills, 1.4 million ecstasy pills, and 163 kilograms of amphetamine, added the report.
The report said that Turkey was affected by the ecstasy trafficking as a "target country," and this illicit drug was brought to Turkey from the Netherlands and Belgium, two important ecstasy producers in the world.
The report also indicated a rise in the number of foreigners arrested for illicit drug trafficking in 2008. The number of foreigners involved in drug trafficking was up 18.3 percent in 2008 over 2007. However, the number of Turkish citizens arrested abroad for drug trafficking was down 9 percent.
Turkey is a key transit route for smuggling drugs from Asia and the Middle East to markets in western Europe.