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Massive Weapons Cache Seized in Northern Israel Bust Targeting Crime Family

By אורלי אלקלעי

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Israeli police seized a large cache of weapons, explosives, and over three kilograms of suspected cocaine in northern Israel during an operation against the Abu Latif crime organization. The haul, valued at millions of shekels, included rifles, handguns, and explosive devices. The operation targeted locations identified with the crime family in an open area above the village of Rama.

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Police seized a large cache of weapons, explosives, and suspected cocaine in northern Israel.
The operation targeted the Abu Latif crime organization.
The seized items are valued at millions of shekels on the black market.
Weapons included four handguns, eight rifles, and explosive devices.
Over three kilograms of suspected cocaine were also found.
The discovery was made in an open area above the village of Rama.

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Police in northern Israel have seized a large cache of weapons, explosives, and suspected cocaine in an operation targeting the Abu Latif crime organization. The discovery was made in an open area above the village of Rama, according to a statement from the Israel Police on Monday. The value of the seized items is estimated to be in the millions of shekels on the black market.

The operation involved dozens of officers from the Northern District's Central Unit, Border Police (Magav) officers, and National Guard forces who targeted locations associated with the organization. Police indicated that they had received intelligence suggesting the open area was being used to hide weapons and other items linked to the group's activities, and officers spent hours searching the site.

Among the items found were four handguns, eight rifles including M16s and Kalashnikovs, and a shotgun. Explosive devices, a standard IDF-issue explosive charge, and dozens of detonator systems for explosives were also recovered. Additionally, officers found hundreds of bullets, dozens of magazines, weapon spare parts, body armor, and an operational vehicle with forged license plates. More than three kilograms of a substance suspected to be cocaine were also discovered.