24.10.2011                      26.Tischrei. 5772

Verhaftet:

IDF officer arrested over NIS 2.5 million drug-trafficking scandal

Undercover investigation ties high-ranking IDF major, along with eight others, to drug trafficking ring along Egypt border.

A 31-year-old Israel Defense Forces major was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, it emerged on Sunday after a gag order on the affair was lifted. The major was arrested along with nine others involved in a drug trafficking ring, including two military police officers under the major’s command.
The drug ring was uncovered in late August after police stopped a car for a routine traffic check and found the driver driving without a driver’s license, ultimately leading to the car being towed. The tow-truck driver soon realized he was being followed by a suspicious vehicle, and decided to call the police. The police stopped the suspicious vehicle, and found 15 kilograms of hash in the towed car….