In the activity of detectives from the Lev HaBira police station in Jerusalem against drug trafficking offenses in the city, detectives arrested several suspects last night - including two suspects, residents of Beitar Illit, aged 19 and 17, for drug trafficking offenses.
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Another main suspect who was arrested - a 56-year-old Jerusalem resident - owns a warehouse in the city, where the suspicious materials were stored, and from which the goods were supplied to the two young suspects, allegedly for the purpose of carrying out their criminal acts.
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According to the suspicion, the suspects used the social network Telegram.
During the activity of the police detectives, they noticed the two young suspects dealing in substances suspected of being drugs in the neighborhoods of Jerusalem. During this activity, 5 "customers" who carried out transactions and purchased drugs from the two young men with a total weight of over half a kilogram were detained for questioning.
The detectives later noticed that one of the drug trafficking suspects arrived at a certain point at the main warehouse, located in a residential building in the Talpiot neighborhood, and received another bag containing a large quantity of a substance suspected of being marijuana.
After the arrest of the two messengers, in a search conducted by detectives in their vehicle, substances suspected of being marijuana and hashish weighing over one kilogram, telephones and a cash amounting to thousands of NIS were located and seized.
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After their arrest, police detectives raided the warehouse that supplied the suspected drugs to the arrested dealers, and the warehouse owner was arrested.
In a search conducted at the scene, substances suspected of being marijuana and hashish weighing over 5 kilograms and several units of a substance suspected of being cannabis oil were located and seized.
The suspects were taken for questioning at the Lev Habira police station, and during the day (Thursday) all three will be brought before the court, where the police will request an extension of their detention in order to complete the investigation.
