2 hashish slabs seized in Khan Younis; 9,900 pills held in Rafah
Khan Younis anti-narcotics police detained a hashish dealer with two hashish slabs seized in an ambush near Gaza International Airport. Rafah officers separately seized 9,900 narcotic pills from a man identified only as M-T.
Khan Younis anti-narcotics police in the southern Gaza Strip seized two slabs of
hashish from a dealer described as a hashish promoter.[1]Officers made the
seizure in an ambush near Gaza International Airport at the Amer project after
targeting the dealer.[2]Police retained the seized hashish and detained the
dealer for completion of the legal procedures against him.[2]
In a separate related action, Rafah anti-narcotics officers seized 9,900
narcotic pills from a citizen identified only as M-T.[1]The Rafah seizure
happened during a mission in Rafah governorate and was reported alongside the
Khan Younis ambush.[1]
Safa published its account of both seizures on 11 August 2011 and describes the
Khan Younis operation as taking place on Thursday.[2]Safa places the Khan
Younis seizure in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday and attributes the account
to a police statement.[2]The 9,900 pills were narcotic pills rather than
cannabis, so only the two hashish slabs count as the cannabis component of this
event.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The Al-Ray date line mixes November and August 2011, but Safa dates the same account 11 August 2011, a Thursday, so 11 August 2011 is used as the incident date.
No weight was published for the two hashish slabs, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
The Rafah account does not state that the man M-T was detained, so only the one Khan Younis detention is counted.
The 9,900 pills are described only as narcotic pills and are excluded from cannabis figures.
No charges, full names beyond initials, or court outcome beyond detention for legal procedures were reported.
Al-Ray and Safa reproduce the same police statement, so the two accounts are not independent reporting.
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.
