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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 627

smuggling

A man rolls and sells cigarettes on a street in Khan Younis, on the southern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
May 19, 2025, 8:59 pm
3 Israelis indicted for smuggling drugs and cigarettes into Gaza via drones
Police say smuggling is a security threat since drones could fall into Hamas’s hands; Danish authorities nab man for selling drones to terror group to be used in attack
By Charlie Summers and AFP
Samples of garden ants concealed in syringes are presented to court as two Belgian nationals, a Vietnamese and a Kenyan national appeared for the hearing of their case, after they pleaded guilty to illegal possession and trafficking of garden ants, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Law Courts, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi)
April 17, 2025, 11:23 am
Kenya says it busted plot to smuggle giant ants for exotic animal market
Four suspected foreign smugglers charged, as agents say they uncovered attempt to traffic thousands of rare insects, including queen ants, out of the country
By edwin waita and monicah mwangi
An illegally imported monkey found tied to a tree in Mazkeret Batya on March 19, 2025 (Israel Police)
March 20, 2025, 3:27 pm
Sanctuary receiving, treating smuggled monkeys says surging trade ‘breaks our hearts’
Primatologist Tamar Fredman, whose sanctuary has taken in 16 monkeys seized by police, warns that wild animals don’t make good pets, suffer emotionally, pose risks to humans
By Sue Surkes
A lion cub (left) and a monkey rescued by police in operations in Kfar Qasim and Lod, March 15, 2025. (Israel Police)
March 15, 2025, 1:58 pm
Police rescue lion cub, monkey from illegal animal traders
Authorities believe cub was smuggled into Israel, say anyone who came near the animals must be tested for diseases; another cub and monkeys recovered in ops earlier in the week
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Middle East Airlines commercial aircraft prepares for takeoff on the tarmac of the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, November 1, 2024. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
February 28, 2025, 8:59 pm
Lebanon seizes $2.5 million bound for Hezbollah, local officials say
Sources say it is the first time such a seizure is made, as cash caught on man arriving from Turkey; Beirut has also halted all flights from Iran over alleged Israeli warnings
By Reuters, ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative - A Middle-East Airlines (MEA) plane approaches Beirut International airport on October 3, 2024. (Joseph Eid/AFP)
February 17, 2025, 7:11 pm
Lebanon extends Iran flight ban after US says Israel might shoot down planes
Officials in Beirut announce indefinite suspension after halting 2 Iranian flights last week; IDF has said Lebanon-based terror group using funds smuggled from Iran to rearm
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A residential building hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike in the Mezzeh suburb on the western outskirts of Syria's capital Damascus on October 8, 2024. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
October 9, 2024, 12:53 am
Israeli strike in Syria said to target top Hezbollah official in arms smuggling unit
Syrian state media reports 7 killed in Damascus after building hit near Iranian embassy; not immediately clear if reported assassination attempt successful
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Toy poodle puppies are seen in Ben Gurion Airport after two people were caught trying to smuggle them into Israel, October 2024. (Agriculture Ministry and Tax Authority)
October 6, 2024, 7:19 pm
Customs officers foil attempt to smuggle toy poodle puppies into Israel
Russian smuggler sent back to Sochi with 10 unlicensed puppies after trying to sneak them in via Israeli woman with intent to sell them
By ToI Staff
Photos of drugs seized by police during an operation that saw the arrest of four Israelis and four foreign nationals in Greece on Tuesday. (Israel Police)
August 13, 2024, 4:50 pm
4 Israelis nabbed in Greece as part of major drug bust
Four non-Israelis also apprehended; 150kg of MDMA, ketamine, cannabis seized from suspects who were allegedly part of a drug ring smuggling illicit substances to Israel by sea
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Illustrative: weapons seized by security forces near Neve Ur in northern Israel, after an alleged gun-smuggling over the border with Jordan on July 8, 2022. (Israel Police)
April 9, 2024, 9:29 pm
NYT: Iran has flooded West Bank with arms for 2 years, aims to make it next flashpoint
Report details smuggling routes and complex network of terror groups, criminal gangs and Bedouin used by Tehran to ‘inundate’ area with weapons, ‘foment unrest’ against Israel
By ToI Staff
View of the fence along Israel's border with Egypt, June 2, 2014 (Flash90/Yossi Zeliger)
January 16, 2024, 6:18 am
Soldier lightly hurt after firefight with suspected drug smugglers along Egypt border
IDF says troops exchanged fire with some 20 suspects near Nitzana crossing, hitting some of them; Egyptian officials and TV station report 6 arrested after shootout
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Explosives caught by Israeli authorities at Kerem Shalom Crossing, September 4, 2023. (Defense Ministry)
September 4, 2023, 9:14 pm
Israel says it foiled attempt to smuggle explosives from Gaza to West Bank
IDF chief orders to halt all exports from Strip until further notice; Defense Ministry says ‘high-quality’ bomb material was hidden in shipment of clothes
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: In this photo released on June 10, 2021, by the Iranian army, an Iranian warship moves in the Atlantic Ocean. (Iranian Army via AP)
September 2, 2023, 8:59 pm
Iranian Revolutionary Guards seize ship they say is suspected of smuggling fuel
Neither the ship’s origins nor the date of the operation are immediately disclosed by Iranian navy
By AFP
Radiated tortoises, originally a native species of southern Madagascar, are on display during an annual flora and fauna expo in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 29, 2010. (Dita Alangkara/AP)
August 21, 2023, 11:31 am
Madagascar sentences Israeli caught smuggling tortoises to two years
Man stopped with 59 rare reptiles in his suitcase; attorney says crowdfunding campaign to pay legal fees failed but hopes for release on appeal
By ToI Staff
Small drones seized by Israeli security guards at the Erez crossing with the Gaza Strip, August 9, 2023. (Defense Ministry)
August 9, 2023, 10:28 am
Israel foils smuggling of small reconnaissance drones to Gaza Strip
Defense Ministry says package of 10 quadcopters was hidden in minibus being imported from West Bank; devices suspected to have been intended for use by terror groups
By Emanuel Fabian
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