Kısmetim-1 incident
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The Kısmetim-1 incident occurred on December 15, 1992 when members of the Turkish Narcotic Police on Turkish Navy vessels supported by US officials intercepted the MV Kısmetim-1, a Turkish ocean freighter in Mediterranean international waters. The ship was suspected of being involved in smuggling of about 3,100 kg (6,800 lb) morphine base into Turkey. The crew scuttled the ship during the operation.[1]
MV Kısmetim-1 was owned by Osman Ayanoğlu. The morphine base on the ship, worth millions of dollars, belonged to a consortium of himself and his partners including Şeyhmus Daş and Hüseyin Baybaşin,[2] all Turkish drug lords.[3]