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Sunday, October 1, 2017
Police arrest 5 for smuggling phones to security prisoners
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice announce they uncovered a network to smuggle cellphones to jailed security prisoners.
A statement from police says five people working for a company supplying canteen products to Israeli prisons had been arrested for smuggling phones and SIM cards to prisoners.
It says the suspects are Israelis and Palestinians.
נחשפה רשת להברחת טלפונים סלולריים לאסירים ביטחוניים הכלואים בישראל: הטלפונים הוברחו בארגזי סחורה שיועדו לקנטינות בבתי הכלא pic.twitter.com/I9nRR3rXXM
— משטרת ישראל (@IL_police) October 1, 2017
The undercover investigation was launched in August after officials at Ofer Prison discovered cellphones and SIM cards hidden in shipments of food bound for their canteen.
The five are remanded into custody, and are expected to be charged tomorrow.
The Times of Israel Community.