Publication was allowed: The Israel Police in cooperation with the IDF thwarted one of the largest drug smuggling operations in recent years - 92 kg of pure cocaine and heroin and another 28 kg of hashish. The value of the drugs is estimated at over NIS 50 million
As part of the fight against the trafficking and smuggling of drugs into the State of Israel, an operational activity was conducted last month by the Defense Unit of the Negev Region in the southern district of the police together with IDF forces from the 80th Division in the Yoav units and the "Magan Eilat" battalion, regarding the smuggling of drugs across the borders.
Drug smuggling worth NIS 50 million was thwarted // Credit: Police spokespersons
During the activity, IDF surveillance identified a drug smuggler who was smuggling in the Great Rivers area south of the Egyptian border in the area of the Yoav regional division.
As mentioned, with the receipt of the alert, a pursuit of the suspect, who was driving a 'Maverick' type all-terrain vehicle with the narcotics on it, was pursued by the fighters of the Magen unit and the YMS fighters of the MGB South in cooperation with a helicopter of the Israeli police air formation in a difficult and desert terrain route which came to an end near to the cliffs of Ramon Crater, where the soldiers of the Defense Unit managed to make contact with the suspect and arrest him, after he tried to escape while losing control and overturning the vehicle.
The suspect overturned with the SUV, photo: Police spokespersons
The fighters of the Magn and YMS unit of the Southern Jurisprudence took control of the suspect and seized from the surface vessel a huge sack (bla) containing about 92 kg of heroin and pure cocaine, and 28 kg of hashish worth about 50 million NIS H.
With the arrest of the suspect, a resident of the Mitzpe Ramon diaspora in his 30s, he was transferred to the Israel Police for investigation on suspicion of smuggling dangerous drugs of cocaine, heroin and hashish weighing a whopping 100 kg.
The commander of the Negev region, Deputy Superintendent Nachshon Nagler: "This is drug smuggling on an unprecedented scale of hard drugs that were caught smuggling from the southern border of the State of Israel. There is no doubt that this activity leads to severe economic damage and drying up the scourge of drugs that is a cause of crime by criminal elements throughout the country and in the Negev region in particular ".
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