Two held with suspected cannabis in Tubas and Hebron police operations
Palestinian police said the anti-narcotics branch arrested two people on Sunday 8 November 2026, one in Tubas governorate and one in Hebron governorate, each found with material suspected to be cannabis. Police did not publish the weight of either seizure and said the two suspects were held for referral to the competent authority with the seized material.
🇵🇸 Tubas and Hebron governorates, West Bank · Palestine
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فرع مكافحة المخدرات (Palestinian police anti-narcotics branch), وزارة الداخلية
Palestinian police arrested two suspects on Sunday 8 November 2026 on suspicion
of holding material believed to be drugs, one in Tubas governorate and one in
Hebron governorate.[1][2]
In Tubas, the anti-narcotics branch arrested one person and found material
suspected to be cannabis in his possession.[1][2]In Hebron, the anti-narcotics
branch arrested a suspect for possessing and promoting drugs and found material
suspected to be marijuana with him shortly before he was to sell it.[1][2]
Police said both suspects were held in custody so that they and the seized
material could be referred to the competent authority for legal action against
them.[1]The statement was published by the Palestinian Interior Ministry and
carried by the General Secretariat of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers in
its daily security news on 8 November 2026.[3]The General Secretariat’s copy
attributes the account to the Interior Ministry and gives the two seizures in
the same terms, without a weight for either.[3]
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Anti-narcotics police in Hebron arrested a man suspected of intentionally planting marijuana inside another resident's home to frame him in a drug case over prior disputes. Officers searched the residence after receiving a tip and found the marijuana before discovering that the drugs had been planted to entrap the homeowner.
Palestinian police in Tulkarm Governorate said they found seven slabs of hashish weighing 700 grams and 399 ecstasy pills hidden in farmland, meant for sale in Tulkarm city. No arrests were announced in the police statement.
Palestinian police in the West Bank said they had handled 2,150 drug cases and arrested 2,419 people, including 50 women, since the start of 2026. More than 100 families had reported relatives to the police in the hope of treatment, the police spokesman said.
The PA anti-narcotics police seized 230 slabs of hashish weighing 23 kg in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, worth more than 500,000 shekels. Police said the haul was meant for distribution in several governorates and some for smuggling across the border; no arrests were announced in the first statement.
