With the help of an undercover agent: the police arrested dozens of suspects in arms and drug trafficking/police spokeswoman
Tonight (Wednesday) after the operation of an undercover agent in the city of Lod, to thwart crime on Arab Street, the Central Police Department arrested about 30 suspects of trafficking in weapons and drugs throughout the country. The unit activated the agent last year to thwart the trafficking and use of weapons by criminal elements while focusing on Lod This morning
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with the transition of the covert investigation to the overt phase and in accordance with its findings, the detectives of the unit with YSM fighters, the tactical unit and the BTP brigade in the Mageb, raided the homes of dozens of residents of Lod, East Jerusalem and the diaspora, searched the compounds and detained the suspects for questioning in the offices The police intend to bring them later today, in accordance with the needs of the investigation, to a hearing in court requesting to extend their detention.
The drugs seized from the suspects after they sold them to an undercover agent in the center, February 26, 2024/Israel Police Spokesperson
The commander of the Central District, Superintendent Avi Biton, praised the investigators of the central unit for the results of the investigation in the joint fight against crime in the sector and noted in his words: "The police have been dealing with a variety of national and security tasks in the past year when the night operation in which dozens of suspects were arrested on suspicion of serious crimes, and taking their ability to threaten and harm, It is a clear and clear message that we have a strong police force and officers who are imbued with a purpose for the public."
He also added: "The long hand of the police will reach out to anyone who dares to supply and sell illegal weapons to criminals, putting the residents of the cities of Ramla and Lod at risk. This is another groundbreaking case from the creator of YMR Central."
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