Inspectors of the Antiquities Authority's Unit for the Prevention of Robbery, in cooperation with the Northern District police, detained five suspects "red-handed" for attempting to harm the Sho'im near Nazareth. The site where the robbers tried to dig was called "Enot Shu'im".
There was a water source and a large settlement around it. Around the site, researchers identified artifacts from the prehistoric period to the Ottoman period. It is possible that the suspects who were apprehended managed to "clean" these ancient cells of artifacts before they were caught.