250 cannabis seedlings in the apartment: A drug lab was exposed in the home of a 75-year-old

Police arrested a Rishon Lezion resident on suspicion of growing and producing hundreds of cannabis seedlings with a total weight of about 20 kg. Much of the equipment used to grow the drugs was taken to the police forensic laboratories. The suspect's detention was extended until tomorrow and the investigation continues.

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02/01/2022

Sunday, 02 January 2022, 12:13 Updated: 12:16

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In the video: A drug tunnel that was exposed in the Rishon Lezion area (Photo: Israel Police spokeswoman)

A 75-year-old man was arrested yesterday (Saturday) on suspicion of operating a drug lab with hundreds of seedlings from his apartment in Rishon Lezion.

The lab identified Artillery Corps street in town with about 250 seedlings were kind of material of cannabis, weighing about 20 pounds and found a lot of equipment allegedly used in the cultivation and production of drugs. The findings included Forensics transferred to the Israel Police.

Police Last night, she asked for an extension of the suspect's detention in the operation of the laboratory, and at the end of the hearing, the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion ruled that his detention would be extended until tomorrow.

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A one-and-a-half-acre tunnel underground: a huge drug lab was uncovered in Rishon LeZion

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"Hundreds of seedlings in his apartment."

The laboratory that was exposed (Photo: Israel Police Spokeswoman)

The laboratory and seedlings in Rishon Lezion (Photo: Israel Police Spokeswoman)

Two months ago, the police uncovered an underground tunnel that served as a hydro laboratory in the Rishon Lezion area.

In the tunnel, which is about one and a half dunams in size, they produced goods valued at about NIS 15 million, and arrested the seven suspects in its operation.

The Tel Aviv SAR conducted an undercover investigation for several months, at the end of which seven residents of the center were arrested at the age of 30, on suspicion of growing and producing hundreds of drug seedlings under laboratory conditions, underground, in the heart of Rishon Lezion. And the uniqueness ever captured in the country. "

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