165 cannabis seedlings seized in farmland east of Rafah
Anti-narcotics police seized 165 banjo cannabis seedlings from farmland in the border area east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The department said a patrol acted on a tip, and its spokesman described the seizure as part of efforts to make Gaza free of drugs.
🇵🇸 Border agricultural area east of Rafah, Gaza Strip · Palestine
The General Directorate of Anti-Narcotics Police seized 165 banjo seedlings, a
local name for cannabis, in a separating border agricultural area east of Rafah
in the southern Gaza Strip.[1]The department said it received information
about quantities of banjo seedlings in a piece of farmland, after which an
anti-narcotics patrol moved to the site and seized an estimated 165 seedlings.[2]
The department’s public relations and media director, Captain Saadi al-Sheikh
Khalil, praised the efforts of the police and the anti-narcotics administration
in fighting what he called this dangerous scourge.[2]Captain al-Sheikh Khalil
said the anti-narcotics department would spare no effort and would work day and
night to protect the lives of young people.[1]He said the operation was part
of the General Directorate’s continuing efforts to make the Gaza Strip an area
free of drugs.[1]
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