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Iluistrative image of a Border Police officers looking at the marijuana plants uncovered in a drug bust in a Bedouin village in the Negev in February 2018. (Israel Police)
May 16, 2018, 10:17 pm
Suspected drug ring nabbed by security forces at Egypt border
Eight residents of southern Bedouin town Bir Hadaj accused of transporting drugs across Israel-Sinai border
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of drugs (Orel Cohen /Flash90)
April 23, 2018, 3:35 pm
Tax authority seizes record haul of drugs at Ben Gurion airport
Canine unit helps to sniff out 38 international postal shipments of various narcotics in less than a day
By TOI staff
IDF uniforms caught at the Kerem Shalom border crossing as they were being smuggled into Gaza. (Defense Ministry)
March 13, 2018, 4:45 pm
IDF uniforms found being smuggled into Gaza
Israeli border officials block truckload of fatigues, fleeces, hats, bags and belts from reaching Hamas terror group
By TOI staff
Iluistrative image of a Border Police officers looking at the marijuana plants uncovered in a drug bust in a Bedouin village in the Negev in February 2018. (Israel Police)
February 20, 2018, 6:32 pm
Drug traffickers who impersonated IDF patrols arrested near Egypt
Police detain 20 suspects in southern Israel who were equipped with army jeeps, uniforms, and sophisticated technology seized from IDF bases
By TOI staff
Explosive materials discovered by Crossing Authority checkers inside a shipment of medical goods to the at the Kerem Shalom Crossing on February 4, 2018. (Defense Ministry)
February 4, 2018, 1:08 pm
Israel seizes Gaza-bound material used to make bombs
Officials say dual-use chemicals, hidden in medical equipment, can be used 'to create explosives and make explosives more powerful'
By Judah Ari Gross
Dozens of Egyptian Bedouin drug-runners on ladders throw bundles of marijuana over the border into Israel, in a massive smuggling attempt that turned into a gun battle on January 21, 2018. (Israel Police)
January 22, 2018, 12:09 pm
Large gun battle breaks out as Israeli forces bust Sinai drug smugglers
Dozens of Egyptians on ladders toss bundles of marijuana over the border in smuggling attempt that ends in 'massive' shootout; one Israeli smuggler apparently killed in clash
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Smuggled cellphones discovered in an Israeli prison, October 2017 (Israel Police)
November 8, 2017, 4:59 pm
5-year-old boy caught smuggling phones to Palestinian security prisoners
Guards place convict responsible in solitary confinement after finding 10 devices and 3 SIM cards in the child's underwear
By TOI staff
A Crossing Authority agent takes a military boot out of a slipper from a shipment that was bound for the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom Crossing on October 8, 2017. (Screen capture: Defense Ministry)
October 8, 2017, 3:18 pm
Israel: Hamas tried to smuggle army boots to Gaza in shipment of emoji slippers
Defense Ministry's Crossing Authority finds military footwear camouflaged as emoji-covered slippers, says they were en route to terror group
By Judah Ari Gross
A smuggled cellphone discovered in an Israeli prison, October 2017 (Israel Police)
October 1, 2017, 7:18 pm
Police arrest 5 for smuggling phones to security prisoners
Gang paid warehouse workers thousand of shekels to place phones, SIMs in food and drink cartons headed for Ofer jail canteen
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Bodybuilders. In Israel, bodybuilders use food supplements approved by the Health Ministry. (YouTube screenshot)
September 19, 2017, 8:01 pm
4 more arrested in probe of food supplement smuggling
Two senior Health Ministry employees and two customs agents nabbed, following earlier arrest of major importer, quarantine head
By TOI staff
Rare coin from the era of Alexander the Great caught by Ministry of Defense Crossing Authority at Erez Crossing, July 16, 2017. (Ministry of Defense Crossing Authority)
July 16, 2017, 5:46 pm
Palestinian caught trying to smuggle rare, ancient coins from Gaza
Security forces arrest merchant crossing to Israel carrying 2,300-year-old coins from era of Alexander the Great
By TOI staff
Ketziot Prison, August 2009. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 1, 2017, 2:15 pm
Palestinian prisoners turn to smuggled Egyptian SIM cards – report
Prisons in southern Israel said to see growing use of networks from across the border as inmates bid to bypass phone restrictions
By Sue Surkes
Joint (Arab) List MK Juma Azbarga. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 21, 2017, 10:53 pm
New lawmaker sworn in to Knesset to replace Arab MK who smuggled phones
Juma Azbarga says he plans to focus efforts on halting housing demolitions in unrecognized Bedouin villages
By TOI staff
Joint (Arab) List MK Basel Ghattas at a press conference in Nazareth, March 17, 2017. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
March 19, 2017, 2:37 pm
MK accused of smuggling phones to jailed terrorists resigns from Knesset
Basel Ghattas set to go to prison for two years under plea deal; move ends efforts to impeach him under new ouster law
By Raoul Wootliff
Joint List MK Basel Ghattas arrives for a court hearing at the Rehovot Magistrate's Court, January 5, 2017. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)
March 17, 2017, 2:00 pm
Charges filed against Arab MK accused of smuggling phones to prisoners
Basel Ghattas set to go to prison for two years under plea deal, says treated unfairly as an Arab lawmaker
By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff
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