
As part of a nationwide operation to locate drug dealers and their helpers - employers, complainers and drivers: Last night (Monday), during an undercover operation conducted by Lev Ha-Bira detectives in a Haredi neighborhood, they stopped two minibuses for inspection, inside of which were dozens of suspects.
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The detectives' investigation revealed that 24 of the passengers were Palestinian militants, residents of Hebron and Vita, who infiltrated Israeli territory illegally and without residence permits. The passengers, along with the minibus drivers, were transferred for questioning at the Lev HaBira police station.
This activity joins another detection, the day before, during which a passenger vehicle was inspected in a Haredi neighborhood by the police patrol of the capital, and 9 Palestinian Shabhim residents of Judea and Samaria were located inside.
The passengers and the driver of the vehicle, a 53-year-old from East Jerusalem, were taken for questioning at the police station, and an indictment was filed against the driver today for the offense of transporting a police officer, at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court.
Additionally, the three minibuses involved were towed and seized by the police, and a process was initiated to confiscate them.