Security Forces Bust Gun-Smuggling Ring on Jordanian Border
A joint operation by the Israel Police and the IDF led to the bust of a gun-smuggling ring overnight Sunday.4
After a months-long undercover investigation into a weapons smuggling ring, security forces arrested two suspects who had been handed bags of weapons in a drop-off on the Jordanian border. The bags contained five M16 rifles, a sniper’s gun and seven handguns.
The suspects are members of the Bedouin community near Dimona and have been detained for questioning. A third suspect whom police suspect led the ring and secured the smuggling has also been arrested.
“The Israel Police and the IDF will continue to work to protect Israel’s security and prevent weapons and drugs from trickling into [Israel], which entrench crime in the Negev and terrorist activity in Yehudah and Shomron, and hurt the civilian sector,” a police statement announced.
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