[1] It was on the list of the Turkish Narcotics Branch because it was suspected of carrying about ~6,800 lb (3,100 kg) of base morphine to be smuggled into Turkey.
[2] The ship, licensed in the name of Turkish shipowner Osman Ayanoğlu, was supposedly carrying goods belonging to Hüseyin Baybaşin and Şeyhmus Daş.
[3] According to the allegations, Baybaşin, who did not want the drugs to fall into the hands of the police, reached the captain via satellite phone and ordered him to sink the ship.
The Pakistani policeman asked the Turkish crew member to deliver a package to Ajman, a port in the United Arab Emirates.
[5] Soon after leaving the Port of Karachi, the captain received a radio message saying that the ship's owner Osman Ayanoğlu was ambushed and murdered.
[5] Since its departure from Karachi, the ship was under close surveillance by the United States DEA, which was forwarding all the relevant information to the Turkish Police.
[6] The operation was led on site by Necdet Menzir, director of Istanbul Police Department and Mestan Şener, head of the narcotics bureau.