Leonid Gleizer, 28, from Hadera, was brought before the Kiryat Shmona Magistrate’s Court on 11 November 2026 after his arrest on suspicion of drug trafficking and of holding drugs other than for his own use.[1] Police asked the court to keep him in custody for five more days, saying there was a risk he would obstruct the investigation and a risk to public safety.[1]
Sergeant Major Tal Sabah, representing the police before Judge Eran Bar-Or, said a search of Gleizer’s car found a bag of material suspected to be a drug, and a search of his body found more suspected material.[1] Officers also seized a sum of cash from him.[1] The material suspected to be cannabis weighed about 250 grams.[1] Gleizer connected himself to the seized exhibits but said they did not belong to him.[1]
Advocates Nadav Grinwald and Tal El Twizer Sluk, of Grinwald’s office, represented him and asked for his release under restrictive conditions.[1] After reading the investigation materials and a secret report, Judge Bar-Or found an evidentiary basis for reasonable suspicion.[1] He said that releasing the suspect at this stage could endanger the public or a person’s safety, and could obstruct the investigation through influence on witnesses or the concealment of evidence.[1] The judge extended the detention until 15 November 2026.[1]
