100 hashish slabs (10 kg) seized in Beit Ummar warehouse
Anti-narcotics police seized 100 hashish slabs weighing 10 kilograms from a warehouse with an underground storage tunnel in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron. The warehouse owner, described as a major Hebron drug dealer, fled and police were still working to arrest him.
Anti-narcotics police seized a large quantity of hashish from a warehouse in
Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, on Wednesday 4 January 2023.[1]Al-Quds reported
the same Wednesday seizure from a warehouse in Beit Ummar.[2]
Police said they acted on information that a drug dealer was keeping drugs in
the warehouse and obtained a search warrant from the Public Prosecution to
search it and seize what was inside.[1]Police spokesman Colonel Louay
Arzeiqat said the warehouse belonged to one of the most dangerous drug dealers
in Hebron and had a tunnel underneath used to store drugs.[1]
The search found 100 slabs of hashish weighing 10 kilograms, plus a quantity of
marijuana-plant seeds and a group of narcotic pills.[1]Al-Quds gave the same
seizure figures of 100 hashish slabs weighing 10 kilograms, with marijuana seeds
and narcotic pills also found.[2]
The dealer had managed to flee, and police said search and investigation efforts
were continuing to arrest him.[1]
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The seized narcotic material laid out after the Beit Ummar warehouse search.Photo details
Palestinian police in Tulkarm Governorate said they found seven slabs of hashish weighing 700 grams and 399 ecstasy pills hidden in farmland, meant for sale in Tulkarm city. No arrests were announced in the police statement.
The PA anti-narcotics police seized 230 slabs of hashish weighing 23 kg in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, worth more than 500,000 shekels. Police said the haul was meant for distribution in several governorates and some for smuggling across the border; no arrests were announced in the first statement.
Gaza's anti-narcotics police raided a home in Zeitoun, south of Gaza City, and seized 21 slabs of hashish, 317 Rotana pills, five marijuana plants, a rifle and ammunition. Two suspects were arrested; the police said drug flows into Gaza had risen since the war.
Anti-drug police in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, seized 37 pieces of hashish and 3,000 Rotana narcotic pills from the home of an alleged dealer, and the Central Governorate force found 12 more pieces in a second search. Both men were referred with the seized drugs to the public prosecution.
