Palestinian woman caught at checkpoint with knife hidden in Pringles container

West Bank resident’s knife found by border guards at Qalandiya, outside Jerusalem

By ToI Staff 19 November 2018, 3:09 pm

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A knife hidden in a Pringles container found on the person of a Palestinian woman at the Qalandiya checkpoint near Jerusalem, November 19, 2018 (Israel Police)

A 25-year-old Palestinian woman was arrested on Monday afternoon at the Qalandiya checkpoint north of Jerusalem after guards found a knife in her backpack.

The woman, identified by authorities only as a resident of the West Bank, was passing through the checkpoint into Israel.

The knife was found during a routine check of her bag by border guards. It was hidden inside a Pringles container.

She was taken for questioning by police.

The checkpoint is the largest on Jerusalem’s northern edge, separating metropolitan Jerusalem from the Palestinian city of Ramallah.