Police say they arrested an army captain, his driver and the driver’s father last month for allegedly stealing “dozens of grenades and missiles” from their military base in the Negev desert.
The 24-year-old company commander, along with his subordinate, were arrested in July following a three-month investigation. However, details of the case were kept under court-issued gag order, an Israel Police spokesperson reveals Tuesday.
The court has lifted the order as the three men are about to be indicted later this week, though their identities have yet to be released.
All three come from Arab villages in northern Israel. The officer is from Zarzir, a town northwest of Nazareth, while the driver and his father are from Tamra, a small village outside Acre.
According to police, the officer and his 24-year-old personal driver broke into an armory on the base in southern Israel in April and stole fragmentation grenades and at least two different types of missiles, the Light Anti-tank Weapon (LAW) and the Man-portable Anti-Tank, Anti-DOoR (MATADOR).
— Judah Ari Gross
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