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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
45 ultra-Orthodox men arrested in drug bust
Police arrest 45 residents of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem and Ramat Beit Shemesh in Beit Shemesh for allegedly engaging in drug trafficking and illegal weapons sales.
A police agent, an ultra-Orthodox man himself, worked undercover on the case for the past two years.
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The agent says he bought dozens of kilograms of drugs, as well as weapons and stolen vehicle parts, from the suspects over the two-year period, Israel Radio reports.