On video: Documentation of the accused stealing optical fiber infrastructures in Beit Shemesh and in the center of the country/Walla system!
An indictment was filed yesterday (Thursday) against two defendants, a 30-year-old resident of Rashlatz and a 36-year-old resident of Rehovot, who stole optical fiber infrastructure of the communication company "Bezeq" in the city of Beit Shemesh and the city of Rehovot, which led to significant harm to the public and damage such as security facilities, banking services , the functioning of hospitals, etc.
According to the indictment filed, it appears that the defendants arrived by car on Sinai Street in the city of Beit Shemesh in possession of meticulous equipment to carry out the criminal mission - extractors used to open the shafts including the fiber infrastructures, an orange vest and a shirt with the inscription "Bezek Contractor" left on one of them from before For several years during which he was employed by a contractor company that provided these fiber deployment services for the Bezeq communications company, thereby actually disguising themselves as authorized employees.
Documentation of the accused stealing fiber optic infrastructure in Beit Shemesh and the center of the country/image processing, no
After that, they rigged and stole a cable about 160 meters long, while one of the operatives went deep into the infrastructure, cut the cable, while the other rolled it up and loaded it into their vehicle.
After this act, they left the place and the very next day the damage was repaired by the technicians of the communications company, financial damage estimated at over NIS 20,000, alongside public damage to institutions and national emergency infrastructures that were cut off from the telephone network and the Internet as a result of their actions.
A few days later, they arrived again at Sinai Street in Beit Shemesh and at a distance of a few meters from the previous scene, opened the infrastructure again, roped and cut a cable about 150 meters long.
Immediately after that, they approached another infrastructure network further down the street, where they tried to cut a cable in order to allow it to be pulled and stolen, but they were unable to remove it and left the place.
In this case as well, the communication in the vicinity of the damaged Gov was shut down until the next day when the malfunction was repaired by the technician of the communication company.
In this case, damage was caused with a total monetary value of approximately NIS 7,000.
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Documentation of the defendants stealing optical fiber infrastructure in Beit Shemesh and in the center of the country/screenshot, no
A few days later, the defendants arrived at Hasam Street in the city of Rehovot, disguised as Bezeq employees as usual, where they opened the infrastructure network and cut a cable about 250 meters long. Immediately after, they tied the cable they cut to their vehicle and pulled it out the underground infrastructure, they loaded the cable into the car and left the place. In this case too, the very next day the damage was repaired by the communication company's technician, financial damage estimated at over NIS 25,000, alongside the same public damage to national emergency institutions and infrastructures that were disconnected from the network as a result of their actions The phones and the internet.
Documentation of the defendants stealing optical fiber infrastructure in Beit Shemesh and in the center of the country/screenshot, no
After their arrest and as part of their investigation at the Beit Shemesh police station of the Jerusalem district, one of the defendants claimed that the acts he did were "kosher" because, according to him, they threaded a replacement fiber cable in place of the old one that was taken.
After compiling an evidentiary foundation against the two, the Jerusalem District Prosecution Unit submitted for the offenses of conspiracy to commit a crime, damage to infrastructure lines and those connected to them, attempt and theft of a line / infrastructure facility / safety measures and to the side a request on behalf of the police prosecution for their release on bail and under restrictive conditions until the end of the legal proceedings against them.
The investigator of the Beit Shemesh station in the Zion region, Major Ortal Yaden, who managed the investigation file against the two, stated that these are serious acts that harm public peace "Immediately upon receiving the complaints, the Beit Shemesh station in the Jerusalem district began investigative operations while realizing that these are acts that endanger public peace In a real sense, for example, the damage to the ability of the elderly to call for emergency assistance due to disruption, even for a short time, of communication based on those optical fibers," said Yaden. "The Israel Police and the Jerusalem District in particular, will continue to act with all the means at its disposal against suspects involved in criminal offenses that pose a risk to the safety and security of The public, wherever it is."
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