"The police raids were carried out in Turkey's largest city
Istanbul as well as in the southern provinces of Mersin, Adana and Hatay near
the Syrian border, said Adana governor Huseyin Avni Cos. Cos said unknown
chemical materials were found during the raids and sent away for investigation.
He denied media reports that a small amount of the nerve agent sarin had been
uncovered." "Earlier, several Turkish newspapers had reported that 12 people
from Syria's al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front who allegedly had been planning an
attack inside Turkey and were in possession of 2 kg (4.5 pounds) of sarin, had
been detained in Adana."