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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Troops foil attempt to smuggle 50 kg of drugs by drone over Egypt border
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF troops stand with a drone that was used in an attempted drug smuggling on the Egyptian border, March 25, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
The IDF says it foiled an attempt to smuggle 50 kilograms of drugs into Israel from Egypt earlier today, using a drone.
The drone had been identified crossing the border from Egypt into Israel by troops of the Home Front Command’s 991st Reserve Battalion, before it was downed.
The drugs and the drone were handed over to police for further investigation.
In recent months there have been frequent attempts to bring weapons and drugs over the Egypt border using drones. There have also been attempts to smuggle similar contraband from Israel into Gaza using drones.
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