Massive Arms and Drug Cache Seized in Northern Israel

Police in Northern Israel uncovered a large cache of weapons and drugs belonging to the Abu Latif crime organization in an open area above the village of Rama in the Galilee. The discovery was made Tuesday by officers from the Northern District, who were conducting an ongoing operation against the organization. Dozens of officers, Border Police, and National Guard forces were involved in the operation, targeting locations associated with the crime group in Rama. Following a tip about a weapons hiding place, they searched an open area near the village and found the substantial cache of illegal items, estimated to be worth millions of shekels on the black market.

Among the items seized were eight M16 and Kalashnikov rifles, four handguns, explosive devices, a standard IDF explosive charge, dozens of detonator systems, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, numerous magazines, and spare parts for various weapons. Also found were an operational vehicle with forged license plates, standard ceramic vests, and over 3 kilograms of suspected cocaine, valued at millions of shekels. The police stated that all seized items were collected and transferred to forensic labs for further analysis to identify those responsible for hiding them.