Police find 25 kg of hashish and stolen army weapons in Negev raids
Israeli police said they found about 25 kg of suspected hashish in a car near Rahat and seized stolen military weapons in a series of operations in Bedouin towns in the Negev. Several suspects were arrested, including the car's 28-year-old driver from Tarabin; police gave no total.
🇮🇱 Near Rahat, Negev · Israel
- Cannabis
- 25 kg
Israeli police said they found about 25 kg of suspected hashish in a car near
the city of Rahat in the Negev.[1] They arrested the driver, a 28-year-old
resident of Tarabin.[1] The car had been spotted at the Goral junction and
tried to flee before officers found it near Rahat after searches.[1] The
driver was taken for questioning.[1]
The seizure was one of a series of operations in Bedouin towns in the Negev,
including Tel Sheva, Ar’arat an-Naqab, Rahat, Tarabin, Laqiya and Hura.[2]
Police said the operations took place over the previous few days.[3] In the
same operations police seized three M-16 rifles, four pistols, improvised
weapons and hundreds of rounds, as well as the hashish.[2] They arrested a
number of suspects.[2]
In a separate raid in Rahat, police said they found three M-16 rifles, two Glock
pistols, an improvised pistol and a Carlo rifle in residential compounds.[3]
Several suspects were arrested there over shootings and illegal weapons.[3]
Sources
- بمساعدة طائرة مسيّرة.. ضبط أسلحة وذخيرة مسروقة و25 كيلوغراماً من الحشيش في عدة بلدات بالنقب. بكرا, 1 November 2026. In Arabic.
- حملات للشرطة في النقب: ضبط أسلحة وذخيرة مسروقة و25 كيلوغرامًا من الحشيش واعتقال مشتبهين. كل العرب, 1 November 2026. In Arabic.
- شاهدوا - مسيّرة شرطية تقود إلى توقيف فتى في تل السبع... وضبط أسلحة وذخيرة «مسروقة من الجيش» و25 كيلوغراماً من الحشيش في النقب. Wazcam, 1 November 2026. In Arabic.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give no separate date for the car seizure; 1 November 2026 is the date of the police announcement, and police said the operations took place over the previous few days.
- Police gave no total number of arrests across the operations.
- No charges, court dates or estimated value for the hashish were reported.
- All three accounts reproduce the same police statement; no independent reporting or court record was found.
- The five photographs on the page carry only the article title as their caption and no credit is given.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Wazcam: Police said the operations were part of efforts to strengthen law enforcement and security in the Negev towns and to counter illegal weapons, shootings and drug trafficking.
