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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

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South Asian snails confiscated from incoming Thai workers at Ben Gurion Airport, February 2024. (Agriculture Ministry).
February 4, 2024, 9:47 pm
Airport inspectors seize 5 kg of Asian snails from Thai workers
As hosts of a particular nematode, the snails — commonly eaten in South Asia — can cause meningitis in humans
By Sue Surkes
Some of the 21 reptiles seized at Ben Gurion Airport in a joint operation by the Border Police, Customs and Excise Authority and Israel Nature and Parks Authority on June 10, 2023. (INPA)
June 11, 2023, 5:21 pm
Israeli caught at airport trying to smuggle reptiles into country
Haul of 21 creatures impounded at customs in joint op by Border Police, customs and Nature and Parks Authority
By Sue Surkes
Israeli customs authorities uncover suitcases filled with hundreds of Fruit Roll-ups at Ben Gurion International Airport. (Screenshot/Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 4, 2023, 4:00 am
Americans caught trying to smuggle suitcases full of Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel
Israeli customs stop at least 2 couples with more than 650 pounds (295 kilograms) of sugary snack, as country experiences dire shortage due to TikTok craze
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A herd of cattle graze in the Golan Heights (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 24, 2022, 9:48 am
Government deal to boost beef industry pilloried as bad for climate, public health
Agriculture minister says NIS 420 million accord will help cut prices, while rights activists say permanent customs tax exemption on import of live calves is a license for abuse
By Sue Surkes
An aerial view of the Mandali crossing between Iraq and Iran. The Mandali crossing on the Iranian border is run by the Badr Organisation, an Iraqi movement founded in Iran, port workers, officials and analysts confirmed. An official there boasted to AFP that a border operative can rake in $10,000 per day in bribes, the bulk of which is distributed to the overseeing armed group and complicit officials. (Thaier Al-SUDANI / AFP)
March 31, 2021, 4:17 pm
‘A mafia’ stealing billions: Iran-tied customs-evasion cartel rules Iraq borders
Many of Iraq’s entry points are informally controlled by groups within the Hashed al-Shaabi, a powerful state-sponsored armed network close to Tehran
By Maya Gebeily
Hamas supporters march on the main road of Khan Younis City, Gaza Strip, on June 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
February 15, 2021, 1:00 pm
Israel seizes money, goods it says Hamas was sending from Turkey to West Bank
Over $120,000 confiscated, along with shipping containers full of merchandise, in what the Defense Ministry says was an effort by the terror group to fund operatives
By Judah Ari Gross
Cash hidden in an Oreo box that was discovered by customs at Ben Gurion Airport in the first half of 2018. (Israel Tax Authority)
January 15, 2020, 4:30 pm
US man tried to enter Israel with $260,000 hidden in Oreo boxes
Puerto Rico businessman bit off more than he could chew in 2018 incident, was fined $72,000, according to Israel Tax Authority
By Michael Bachner
Pomeranian puppies caught in the bag of a woman who is suspected of trying to smuggle them into the country, January 7, 2020. (Israel Police)
January 7, 2020, 7:50 pm
Woman caught smuggling valuable puppies into country
Police find six young Pomeranians in bag at airport, believed to be worth tens of thousands of shekels
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Katcha, the Israel Tax Authority's champion sniffer dog. (Channel 12)
September 23, 2019, 3:34 am
Israel’s world champion dog has nose for illegal cash
Customs Authority’s canine star Katcha beats 16 other pooches to take home the title of top money sniffer
By Stuart Winer
Travelers seen at the arrival hall of Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, on April 11, 2018. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
February 16, 2019, 6:42 pm
Dozens of Ukrainians detained for hours at Ben Gurion Airport
Incident comes a day after Israeli travelers were similarly delayed for hours in Ukraine
By ToI Staff
A group of detained Israelis speak with Ukrainian security guards at Kiev Boryspil International Airport on February 2018, 2019. (Screen capture: YouTube)
February 15, 2019, 8:45 pm
Dozens of Israelis briefly detained, refused entry at airport in Ukraine
Foreign Ministry says group released following intervention of embassy in Kiev; MK says detention apparently tit-for-tat after Ukrainians are denied entry to Israel
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a dog sniffing luggage (iStock/Vi_L)
March 17, 2018, 6:42 am
At Ben-Gurion, cash-sniffing dog catches diamond merchant’s €200,000 cache
Amid nationwide crackdown on money laundering, individuals can now bring no more than NIS 50,000 cash in their luggage, down from NIS 100,000
By Simona Weinglass
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (third from left) announces a reduction in customs and purchase tax rates for consumers at a press conference in Jerusalem; December 11, 2017 (Finance Ministry spokesperson's office)
December 11, 2017, 2:23 pm
Israel cuts product tariffs in bid to lower cost of living
Finance minister announces the ‘largest tariff cancellation program’ since the 1990s
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative photo of drugs (Orel Cohen /Flash90)
November 21, 2016, 10:03 am
In huge sting, police nab 37 for drug, weapons crimes
Hundreds of officers still searching for suspects throughout the country
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of cocaine and heroin confiscated by Israeli police in 2012. (Israel Police)
August 26, 2016, 10:41 am
Ultra-Orthodox men busted at airport with 7.5 kilos of coke
One suspect tells investigators he was given suitcase in Amsterdam and wasn’t aware of its contents; police hunting larger drug ring
By ToI Staff
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