Police acted on information about drugs in a merchant’s house in Gaza Governorate and obtained Public Prosecution permission to search the house of a man identified as (A-Kh).[1] The search of the house turned up two slabs of hashish (farsh, the unit used for hashish slabs) and 290 Atramal pills.[1] Police said the second man held at the same house was carrying gold jewellery found to have been stolen.[1]

In Rafah Governorate, officers set up a flying checkpoint on the road two suspects were expected to use and stopped their car.[1] The Rafah search found 327 ‘happy pills’ (حبوب سعادة), a street name for non-cannabis synthetic pills, and no hashish.[1] In Khan Younis Governorate, a flying checkpoint on one of the governorate’s streets led to the seizure of 15 cartons of Atramal from a single merchant.[1]

In the Gaza house case, police detained the two suspects, retained the seized items and referred the case to an investigation inspector to complete the legal procedures.[1] In the Rafah case, police retained the two suspects and the seized items and referred the case to an investigation inspector to complete the legal procedures.[1] In the Khan Younis case, police retained the suspect and the seized items and referred the case to an investigation inspector to complete the legal procedures.[1] The roundup carried the headline note that the three seizures happened in separate operations across Gaza governorates.[1]