Police Foil Attempts to Smuggle Stolen Cars to West Bank Under Tow
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Israeli police foiled two attempts to smuggle stolen cars to the West Bank using tow trucks at the Rantis checkpoint. Five suspects were arrested in these incidents. In a separate case, a stolen car taken from Herzliya was recovered on Route 55 and returned to its owner. The police have recovered 12 stolen vehicles and arrested ten suspects in the Samaria region in the past week.
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- Police stopped two stolen car smuggling attempts to the West Bank at Rantis checkpoint.
- Five suspects were arrested in connection with the foiled smuggling operations.
- A stolen car taken from Herzliya was recovered and returned to its owner.
- Twelve stolen vehicles were recovered and ten suspects arrested in Samaria last week.
Israeli police thwarted two attempts to transport stolen vehicles to the West Bank disguised as routine towing operations on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. At the Rantis checkpoint, officers stopped two tow trucks carrying vehicles that had been left at a garage in central Israel for repairs. A subsequent investigation revealed the cars were stolen and were being moved to the West Bank. Three suspects, aged in their 30s and from Tamra and Kafr Manda, were arrested and are undergoing interrogation.
In a separate incident at the same checkpoint, police stopped a tow truck transporting a car from Elad. The tow service had been ordered via an app to move the vehicle to the Palestinian village of Shuqba. Two suspects, in their 20s and 30s from Ashkelon, were apprehended.
In another development, police in the Samaria region intercepted a stolen car that had been taken from Herzliya. Officers set up roadblocks on Route 55 and located the vehicle, which was then returned to its owner. Investigations into these incidents are ongoing.
Over the past week, police in the Samaria district have successfully recovered 12 stolen vehicles and arrested ten suspects.
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