Police find 42.5 kg of cannabis in a Tel Aviv apartment
Israel Police officers searched an apartment in Kfar Shalem, Tel Aviv, and found 42.5 kg of cannabis in sacks in a storage room, plus 2,110 shekels in cash. A man of 52 and a woman of 41 who lived there were arrested; a prosecutor's declaration was later filed against the man.
🇮🇱 Kfar Shalem, Tel Aviv · Israel
- Arrested
- 2
- Cannabis
- 42.5 kg
Israel Police officers seized 42.5 kilograms of material suspected to be cannabis from an apartment in Kfar Shalem, in south Tel Aviv, on 7 January 2026 and arrested the two people who lived there.[1][2] The suspects were a man of 52 and a woman of 41.[1][2]
Detectives from the Tel Aviv South station in the Ayalon district and officers of the Tel Aviv Special Patrol Unit came with a search warrant.[2] Inside the apartment they found sacks in a storage room, 2,110 shekels in cash and other evidence that police said pointed to drug dealing.[1][2] Forensic investigators were called to examine the scene.[2]
The two were taken for further investigation.[1][2] Israel Hayom reported that at the end of the investigation a prosecutor’s declaration was filed against the 52-year-old resident.[3]
Sources
- WATCH: Israel Police raid cannabis dens in Tel Aviv apartment, find drug bags in Haifa vehicle. The Jerusalem Post, 7 January 2026. Archived copy.
- 42.5 ק״ג קנאביס נתפסו בדירה בשכונת כפר שלם. Tel Aviv Online, 7 January 2026. In Hebrew.
- המשטרה תפסה 42.5 ק״ג קנאביס בדירה בתל אביב. Israel Hayom. In Hebrew.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports do not give the date of the prosecutor's declaration, only that it came at the end of the investigation.
- The declaration concerned the 52-year-old man; the reports do not say what happened to the 41-year-old woman.
- No estimated value of the cannabis was published.
- The police did not say where the cannabis came from or where it was intended to go.
