Police chief: State’s witness in submarines probe ‘provided the goods’

Israel Police Commisioner Roni Alscheich says state’s witness Miki Ganor has been a valuable asset in a case involving the suspected illicit purchase of naval vessels from a German shipbuilder.

“He provided the goods and did so very well,” Alsheich tells the Makor Rishon newspaper regarding Ganor in an interview published Thursday.

“I think he gave everything he promised to give, and more.”

Alsheich also says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not a suspect in the case. A number of the prime minister’s associates have been implicated in the case, including his personal lawyer and former top negotiator.

Ganor was the former local representative of ThyssenKrupp and was suspected of giving bribes in connection to the purchase of submarines from the German company. He turned state’s witness in the case in July.