Turkish police seized 150,000 packs of cigarettes from a truck in northwestern Turkey on Sunday night, local Today's Zaman reported on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, the Turkish police followed the truck with a foreign plate after it left southeastern Turkey for the largest city of Istanbul, according to the report. The police stopped and searched the truck at the Duzce D-100 highway in Duzce province, discovering boxes of cigarettes placed between bottles filled with unidentified chemical substances, said the report. The police detained the driver and an investigation was underway.