The district court today (Sunday) allowed the publication of the identities of the four young women who are suspected of trying to smuggle drugs into the Netherberg, who were caught with a total weight of 15 kg of drugs. The suspects are Arbel Mizrahi, 23, from Tel Aviv, Oral Ben Haim, 24, from Kfar Saba, Idan Zaover, 24, from Kfar Saba, and Lee Foni, 22, from Kiryat Gat.
Thwarting the largest drug smuggling operation in Israel: the police confiscated a vehicle belonging to one of the suspects
As mentioned, the special detective unit 747 of the National Defense Region in the Central District foiled the smuggling to Israel after the detectives identified suspicious movement of the women who had landed from a flight from Germany, and during the analysis and monitoring of the movement of the suspects along the route of entry into Israel, from the plane’s sleeve, through the passport control to the collection of the luggage, The detectives were able to connect the characters to the possession of the drugs.
In checking the luggage of three of the suspects, the detectives discovered over 15 kilograms of substances suspected to be drugs that were disposed of in shampoo bottles and boxes of food and health supplements, and these were transferred to the forensic laboratories of the Israel Police for further evidence extraction. Another suspect, fourth in number, who was also on the flight, was arrested outside of Israel together with her partner.
After that, the police started investigating the incident, during which it was suspected that an Audi Q3 vehicle was purchased by one of the suspects and is being used by her, but it is registered in her mother’s name. As a result, the vehicle was confiscated and towed from the central area to the police lot, as part of an examination of the confiscation procedure of property allegedly obtained from criminal proceeds of drug importation and trafficking.