Two Southerners Charged With Smuggling Drugs to Jordan
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Two residents of southern Israel, a minor and an adult, have been indicted for attempting to smuggle about 48 kilograms of cocaine and hashish to Jordan near Maoz Chaim. They were apprehended after a police chase and were to receive $5,000 each for the operation, exchanging the drugs for cigarettes. This incident is part of recent successes in foiling drug smuggling attempts on Israel's eastern border.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Two southern Israelis were indicted for attempting to smuggle 48 kg of cocaine and hashish to Jordan.
- The suspects were to receive $5,000 each for the drug smuggling operation.
- They were apprehended near the Megiddo Junction after a police chase.
- The drug smuggling attempt occurred near the community of Maoz Chaim on the Jordanian border.
- Security forces have foiled approximately 700 kg of drug smuggling on the eastern border recently.
The Northern District Attorney's office has filed a serious indictment against two residents of southern Israel, a minor and an adult, for attempting to export a commercial quantity of drugs from Israel to Jordan. The two are accused of trying to transfer approximately 48 kilograms of cocaine and hashish across the border near the community of Maoz Chaim. In exchange for the drugs, they received packages of cigarettes from the Jordanian side.
The incident began recently when IDF observations identified two suspects near the Jordanian border. Following the report, combined forces from the Border Unit of the Northern Subdistrict, the Jordan Lions Battalion, and the Mag"b Judea and Samaria Unit were dispatched. The suspects fled the scene in a vehicle and were apprehended by the Northern Subdistrict detectives near the Megiddo Junction after a pursuit, with 47 cartons of cigarettes in their possession.
According to the police investigation, each suspect was to receive $5,000 for carrying out the smuggling operation. This bust adds to a series of successes by security forces on the eastern border, where approximately 700 kilograms of drugs have been foiled in recent months.
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