Toroslar District Police Department teams evaluating an intelligence in Mersin searched a house in Cilek Mahallesi as a result of the studies.
In the search, a total of 145 kilograms of customs leakage ambergris (whale vomit) substances, including 116 kilograms of black and 29 kilograms of white, with a market value of 11 million liras, were seized.
USED IN PERFUME MAKING
In the house where whale vomit, which is stated to be used in perfume production, was seized, 200 milligrams of ambergris liquid was also used to dissolve this substance. While the police teams detained a person related to the incident, the materials seized were also seized.
WHAT IS THE WHALE VACUUM AMBER?
It is a solid, waxed substance produced in the digestive systems of amber whales. It resembles a rock. It is a flammable and very valuable substance, the color of which can be black or gray.
This substance, produced in the whale’s digestive system, allows sharp and hard objects to slide in the intestines. When it is first produced, amber, which smells of feces, later turns into a strong chemical with refreshing essences.
Amber, one of the indispensable items of expensive perfumes, is thrown out with the feces of whales, but sometimes it is so big that it cannot pass through the digestive system and the whale throws that feces out by throwing it out. While those vomit balls appear on the surface of the ocean, they sometimes hit the shore.
WHY IS THE WHALE VINNER VALUABLE?
Since Whale Vomit is a natural substance, it is stronger than chemical reactions. Amber, which also increases the permanence of the perfume, is therefore sold expensive. It mostly coincides in countries such as Brazil, Maldives, New Zealand, which have a coast to the Atlantic Ocean.
