On video?: MGB detectives and Nature Authority inspectors located a lion cub that was kept in a hiding place (photo: police spokespersons)
Border Guard detectives and Nature and Parks Authority inspectors located this evening (Wednesday) a lion cub that was being illegally kept in a hidden apartment in the south of the country.
An undercover investigation was opened at the central unit of the Southern Police after several videos documenting the lion cub were recently uploaded on social media. The cub, nicknamed "Abu Malek", was illegally held by several people, who are suspected of keeping him under their ownership and trading him.
He was held illegally in a hiding place in the south of the country.
"Abu Malek" (photo: Walla! system, police)
The lion cub was found in a hidden apartment in the south of Israel by the police (photo: official website, police spokesperson)
An undercover investigation was opened in the central unit of the Southern Police Department, and using technological means and advanced investigative operations, this evening the detectives of the unit and the inspectors of the Nature and Parks Authority raided a hiding apartment in the central area and located the lion cub there. It is suspected that the lion cub has been purchased several times by several suspects in recent
times who owned him and traded him.
The lion cub will be transferred to a veterinary examination and treated by the inspectors of the Nature and Parks Authority. The investigation at the border guard continues in order to find more people involved.
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