Suspected mole in police major crimes unit arrested

Police have arrested an investigator in Israel’s high-profile 433 major crimes unit suspected of passing sensitive information to criminal groups.

The arrest of the suspect, who is not named in press reports, comes after a lengthy investigation, according to authorities.

According to reports, the suspect recently joined the police after graduating from the army’s vaunted 8200 SigInt unit.

Illustrative: The offices of Israel Police’s Lahav 433 Unit in Lod. (Flash90)

Investigators began to look into him after he was allegedly caught accessing and exporting information from a police database, including files on some of the heads of Israel’s criminal organizations.

An arraignment in the case is scheduled for Wednesday.

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