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Topic: smuggling

April 18, 2013
4:35 pm

A poison dart frog (photo credit: CC BY-SA Freetoast/Wikimedia Commons)

Poison dart frogs fly in from Amsterdam

Israeli customs officials arrest three men smuggling boxes filled with the toxic creatures

By Aaron Kalman

March 19, 2013
5:52 pm

A Palestinian works inside a smuggling tunnel, beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip February 19, 2013 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)

Smuggled cloth gets Hamas in trouble with Egypt, again

Egyptians fear Islamists intended to make fake army uniforms, dismiss Hamas claims that fabric was intended for kids’ clothes or for use in attack on Israel

By Elhanan Miller

February 27, 2013
4:57 pm

The Sinai Peninsula (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich/Times of Israel)

Gaza-bound Libyan missiles intercepted

Egyptian authorities confiscate two pickup trucks with some 60 pieces of antitank weaponry headed for Sinai

February 15, 2013
1:28 pm

An Egyptian security outpost in the northern Sinai Peninsula, near the Israeli border (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90/File)

Egypt foils smuggling attempt of 2 tons of explosives, weapons

In separate incident, undercover Israeli border guards seize 250 kg of hashish heading from Sinai to Israel

By Michal Shmulovich

January 5, 2013
4:25 am

US deports Iranian businessman accused of nuclear smuggling

The equipment, sent to Iran through a free-trade zone in the UAE, can be used in the enrichment of uranium

January 4, 2013
10:15 am

Troops firing an anti-aircraft missile during training. (photo credit: Manuel Valdez, US Marine Corps/Department of Defense)

Egyptian forces capture American-made missiles headed for Gaza Strip

Anti-tank, anti-aircraft and other rockets discovered in secret depot south of el-Arish in Sinai

By Joshua Davidovich

November 25, 2012
9:51 am

A plane on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Airport customs officials expose security breach in smuggling bust

Investigations find workers at Ben Gurion used their clearance to bypass checks, import contraband cigarettes from Eastern Europe

By Gabe Fisher

November 20, 2012
1:30 pm

Illustrative photo of an American MQ9 Predator drone in Afghanistan (photo credit: CC BY AN HONORABLE GERMAN, Flickr)

Tourist detained for bringing drone parts into Israel

Police investigating how Mexican man got the material through security

By Asher Zeiger

November 14, 2012
3:00 am

Fish in a fishing boat (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

The one that almost got away

Man with a ship full of spoiled fish is charged with smuggling and disobeying a police order after he tries to flee

By Philip Podolsky

September 5, 2012
3:15 pm

Some of the dried frogs discovered on Tuesday (photo credit: Haifa customs office)

Ten plagues found in Haifa post office

Shipment of dried frogs and insects discovered after smell alerts customs officials

By Gabe Fisher

July 26, 2012
5:18 pm

The suspects smuggled some 10 million eggs into Israel (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Egg smuggling ring charged in court

Millions of contraband eggs let through checkpoints by security guards

By Aaron Kalman

July 10, 2012
10:17 pm

iPhones (illustrative photo credit: CC-BY Yutaka Tsutano/Flickr)

Customs intercept smartphones worth NIS14m.

Smugglers label gadgets as old generation music players

By Aaron Kalman

June 26, 2012
10:11 pm

Syrian rebels take position during clashes with Syrian Army forces in Idlib, northern Syria. (photo credit: AP/Rodrigo Abd)

Smuggling aid into Syria

From the web The New York Times reports on clandestine traffic of goods to Assad opponents from Turkey

June 2, 2012
9:39 am

Canada convicts man for smuggling in two Iranians on forged Israeli passports

French-Chinese national could face a 10-year sentence

By Ilan Ben Zion

May 28, 2012
5:24 pm

A new fence is being built between Israel and Egypt (photo credit: Yuval Nadal/Flash90)

Three injured on Israel-Egypt border during human smuggling operation

IDF soldiers fire shots after group doesn’t answer calls to stop; smugglers return fire

By Aaron Kalman

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: smuggling

Poison dart frogs fly in from Amsterdam

Israeli customs officials arrest three men smuggling boxes filled with the toxic creatures

Smuggled cloth gets Hamas in trouble with Egypt, again

Egyptians fear Islamists intended to make fake army uniforms, dismiss Hamas claims that fabric was intended for kids’ clothes or for use in attack on Israel

Gaza-bound Libyan missiles intercepted

Egyptian authorities confiscate two pickup trucks with some 60 pieces of antitank weaponry headed for Sinai

Egypt foils smuggling attempt of 2 tons of explosives, weapons

In separate incident, undercover Israeli border guards seize 250 kg of hashish heading from Sinai to Israel

US deports Iranian businessman accused of nuclear smuggling

The equipment, sent to Iran through a free-trade zone in the UAE, can be used in the enrichment of uranium

Egyptian forces capture American-made missiles headed for Gaza Strip

Anti-tank, anti-aircraft and other rockets discovered in secret depot south of el-Arish in Sinai

Airport customs officials expose security breach in smuggling bust

Investigations find workers at Ben Gurion used their clearance to bypass checks, import contraband cigarettes from Eastern Europe

Tourist detained for bringing drone parts into Israel

Police investigating how Mexican man got the material through security

The one that almost got away

Man with a ship full of spoiled fish is charged with smuggling and disobeying a police order after he tries to flee

Ten plagues found in Haifa post office

Shipment of dried frogs and insects discovered after smell alerts customs officials

Egg smuggling ring charged in court

Millions of contraband eggs let through checkpoints by security guards

Customs intercept smartphones worth NIS14m.

Smugglers label gadgets as old generation music players

Smuggling aid into Syria

From the web The New York Times reports on clandestine traffic of goods to Assad opponents from Turkey

Canada convicts man for smuggling in two Iranians on forged Israeli passports

French-Chinese national could face a 10-year sentence

Three injured on Israel-Egypt border during human smuggling operation

IDF soldiers fire shots after group doesn’t answer calls to stop; smugglers return fire

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