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Common weapons in the sector: The M-16 has become a status symbol among criminals | Israel today

2022-05-17T17:32:25.211Z


The police are encouraged by the significant achievements in Operation Safe Track to deal with crime in Arab society: There has been a 377% increase in the seizure of M-16 rifles since the beginning of the year and a 195% increase in converted Airsoft rifle seizures. Compared to last year


The Israel Police is pleased with the achievement of the national operation "Safe Track" - the special operation to deal with crime in Arab society.

The operation has been at its peak since the commissioner, Chief of Staff Yaakov Shabtai, instructed him to continue at the end of Ramadan. 

Data released to reporters today shows that the American M-16 rifle is the most common weapon among criminals in Arab society and has become a real status symbol.

The data show that there has been a 377% increase in the seizure of M-16 rifles since the beginning of the year compared to the corresponding period last year.

The head of the Operations Coordination Division in the Intelligence Division, Deputy Superintendent Leon Hirsch, said that in the Arab street there has been an increase in the filing of indictments for extortion by threats.

188 indictments were filed in 2022 compared to only 99 in the same period last year.

This is an increase of 90%. 

Clothes and shoes with m16 prints - popular among Israeli Arabs, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

One of the most notable figures is the automatic weapons.

62 weapons were seized this year compared to 13 in the same period.

In addition, 530 pistols have been seized since the beginning, almost twice as many as last year.

A senior police officer told Israel Today this morning that "in recent months we have seized a lot of standard weapons smuggled from Egypt and Jordan."

He said the increase in the smuggling rate is due to the regulation of Airsoft rifles (air rifles converted to weapons with real ammunition, AS) which causes a decrease in their use.

Sen. Hirsch: “Since we launched the operation, we have been recording significant achievements in dealing with crime and violence in the Arab street in the field of dealing with the offenses of extortion by threats and seizures of firearms that are held in violation of the law.

The Israel Police is also recording significant achievements in filing indictments for these offenses, which constitute a significant nuisance to the public on the Arab street. "

"We are in a real war"

Meanwhile, it was revealed this morning in the Internal Security Committee that since the beginning of 2018 there has been a 195% increase in the seizures of converted "Airsoft" rifles.

The remarks were made in a debate on the bill to regulate firearms-like tools.

We will explain that Airsoft weapons and the like are imported to Israel as toys and after a conversion process they become deadly weapons and are used as firearms for everything, including in wars between crime families.

According to the police, these are tools that consist of parts that are purchased, among other things, from eBay.

Officer presents weapons to MK Meirav Ben-Ari in the Internal Security Committee, Photo: Spokeswoman for the Internal Security Committee

The Ministry of Homeland Security has decided to regulate the field of dangerous toys and the law passed in first reading last week stipulates that any act of manufacturing, importing, exporting, storing, transporting and trading firearm-like goods will be subject to licensing, similar to parallel firearms licenses.

The use of these tools, their possession and carrying, will be done after the final approval of the law, only in shooting clubs that have received a license from the Firearms Licensing Division.

Importers and owners of Airsoft clubs protested that the law would eliminate their businesses, as it imposes criminal liability on them and could make them criminals.

The committee's chairman, MK Meirav Ben-Ari, said at the beginning of the discussion that "this is an important law and part of the war between the police and the government on Arab crime. And I understand the sensitivity and harm to business. "

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Source: israelhayom

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