Police arrest 3 and seize half a kilo of hashish in Kafr Kanna raid
Israel Police arrested a 17-year-old and two young men in a raid on a building in Kafr Kanna, seizing about half a kilogram of hashish, crystal meth, a handgun and ammunition. A Nazareth court extended their detention the next day.
🇮🇱 Kafr Kanna, Lower Galilee · Israel
Arrested
3
Cannabis
500 g
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Israel Police, Israel Border Police (Mishmar HaGvul)
Israel Police arrested a 17-year-old and two young men aged 20 and 21 in Kafr
Kanna, a village in the Lower Galilee, in a raid on a building there.[1]A
Border Police undercover unit and Northern District officers carried out the
raid after a tip that criminals were holding illegal weapons in the building,
and the officers searched the building and the open ground around it.[1]
Kikar Hashabbat put the hashish at about half a kilogram and the crystal meth at
about 140 grams.[1]
Arutz Sheva reported that the three suspects were brought before a judge at the
Nof HaGalil–Nazareth Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, which granted the request
to extend their detention.[2]Kikar Hashabbat reported that the three were
arrested at the start of the week and that the investigation continued.[1]
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Source: Kikar HashabbatPolice handout photo of the room searched in Kafr Kanna where the hashish and crystal meth were found. Photo: Israel Police Spokesperson's UnitPhoto details
The quantities rest on the Hebrew reports of the police statement; no independent second account of the raid was found.
Only the hashish weight is recorded as a cannabis figure; no cannabis plants, dried flower, or street value were reported.
The sources do not name the charges filed or the length of the detention extension.
The date of the raid itself is given only as early in the week of 18 May 2026; 19 May is an estimate based on the detention hearing held on Wednesday 20 May.
The Kikar Hashabbat and Arutz Sheva reports reproduce the same Israel Police statement, so they are not independent accounts.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Kikar Hashabbat: The officers found a handgun, a large amount of ammunition, and substances they suspected were hashish and crystal meth, Kikar Hashabbat reported from the police statement.
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