5 hashish slabs seized in a Gaza ambush; one man arrested
Gaza anti-narcotics police seized 5 farsh of hashish and 1,100 Atramal pills in an ambush set with public order and intervention units, and arrested one man identified only as M-D. He was referred to the police inspector; the pills are not counted as cannabis.
🇵🇸 Gaza, Gaza Strip · Palestine
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Gaza anti-narcotics police set an ambush with a force from the public order and
intervention units.[1]Colonel Imad al-Amsi, the director of the
anti-narcotics department, led the operation.[1]Officers arrested a man
identified only as M-D and found the drugs in his possession.[1]He was
referred to the police inspector to complete the legal procedures against him.[1]
Officers seized 5 farsh of hashish and 1,100 Atramal pills in an ambush set with
a force from the public order and intervention units.[1]The 1,100 Atramal
pills were seized alongside the hashish and are not counted in the cannabis
totals.[1]
The page date line prints both تشرين ثاني (November) and سبتمبر (September) 2011, so the month is not settled; 2011-09-07 is used because September is printed beside the year, and no separate operation date was given.
No weight was published for the 5 hashish slabs, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
No value was given for the hashish, and the 1,100 Atramal pills are a non-cannabis drug excluded from cannabis figures.
The suspect is identified only as M-D, and no age, charges or court outcome beyond referral to the police inspector were reported.
Only this Al-Ray account could be opened, and no second report of the same event was found in Arabic searches.
The page image has an empty caption and credit, so whether it shows this seizure is not established and it is not listed as media.
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-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.
