Indictment Against Protection Racket Cell of the Bakri Organization: Extorted a Businessman and Fired at His Home
An indictment was filed against three residents of Nazareth, aged 17, 18, and 23, for extortion with threats and firing at the home of a businessman in the north. According to the police, the three belong to a protection racket cell of the Bakri crime organization. During their attempted arrest, two of them were injured by police fire.
An indictment was filed against three residents of Nazareth, aged 17, 18, and 23, for extortion with threats and firing at the home of a businessman in the north. According to the police, the three belong to a protection racket cell of the Bakri crime organization. In early October, the suspects demanded 400,000 shekels from the businessman, later raising the demand to one million shekels, while threatening to shoot him in the legs and blow up his gas station. On October 8, police identified a vehicle from which shots were fired at the victim's home. Officers fired at the vehicle, and the suspects fled but were later arrested on their way to Nazareth. Two of them were injured by police fire. The Haifa District Attorney's Office filed an indictment in the Haifa District Court and requested detention until the end of proceedings. Northern District Commander, Superintendent Meir Eliyahu, said that since the beginning of the year, district officers have thwarted 49 incidents in which armed cells were arrested.