Police at Netivot station arrested a resident of the town, a man in his 20s, on suspicion of drug trafficking.[1] Officers detained him in an operation based on intelligence information.[1] The suspect was taken for investigation at the Netivot station.[1]

Police searched his body and the bag he carried, then searched his home.[1] Hadashot 08, a second local outlet, said the bag was a pouch he was carrying and that what officers found in it led them to continue the investigation.[2] The searches found about 166 grams of oil suspected to contain cannabis and about 20 grams of a substance suspected to be cannabis, about 186 grams of cannabis in all.[1]

Police also seized about 132.5 grams of a drug they call ‘Doctor’ (MMC, a synthetic stimulant), about 20 grams of crystal (methamphetamine) and about 8 grams of ‘dosa’ (2C-B, a party drug), none of them cannabis.[1] Officers also seized two knives, mobile phones and about 8,300 shekels in cash.[1] Hadashot 08 described the knives as one folding knife and one with a fixed blade.[2]

Sgt. Maj. Beni Okanin, head of the investigation team at Netivot station, was quoted saying the activity was part of the station’s effort to find trafficking suspects and seize suspected drugs.[1] A fuller quotation in Hadashot 08 has him calling the operation part of the station’s continuing fight against drug dealers and crime in the town.[2] Police had not reported filing an indictment, and the seized material was still described as suspected drugs.[2]