At least 98 people were arrested on Saturday by Turkish security forces for allegedly looting damaged buildings, looting or defrauding victims of last week’s devastating earthquake, Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported.
According to a security source, who wished to remain anonymous “due to media restrictions,” investigations are underway into at least 42 suspects in Turkey’s southern Hatay province over alleged looting of damaged buildings, Anadolu reported.
Two other people were also arrested after posing as aid workers and allegedly trying to loot six truckloads of food for earthquake victims in Hatay province, the agency said.
At least six people were also jailed in Istanbul for allegedly lying to earthquake victims in southern Gaziantep over the phone, Anadolu said.
Elsewhere in the country, dozens of other suspects were arrested on charges of looting and looting in quake-hit areas, Anadolu said.
The suspects have been arrested in at least eight provinces including Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Adana, Gaziantep, and Sanliurfa, it added.
Source: CNN
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