Anti-narcotics police in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip seized 12.5 slabs of hashish, also called farsh, a quantity of cannabis seeds known locally as banj, and drug-use paraphernalia.[1] The Khan Younis anti-narcotics director, Major Emad al-Ghalban, said the force raided the Khan Younis home of a man identified only as (M.A.) after a tip that drugs were kept there.[1]

The search of the house turned up 6.5 slabs of hashish, cannabis seeds and drug-use paraphernalia.[1] In a separate case, officers set up a tight ambush in Rafah city after a tip that two men were to hand over and receive a quantity of drugs, and seized two men identified only as (M.Sh.) and (M.R.) as they drove a taxi.[1] The search of the taxi found 6 slabs of hashish.[1] Police held the seized items and referred the Khan Younis case to a police investigation inspector to complete the legal procedures against the suspect.[1] The Rafah case went to a Rafah police investigation inspector for the same purpose, so the two operations accounted for three people held in total.[1]

The Safa news agency reported the same two seizures, also crediting Major Emad al-Ghalban, and said the two Rafah suspects were arrested.[2] Safa’s account of the house search gives the same figures and refers the Khan Younis case to the police investigation inspector.[2] Safa published its account on Saturday 3 March 2012, while the Al-Ray article carries the date 4 November 2012.[2]