Police confirmed in hearing: no new offenses – but Eyal Neger's detention extended again

Eyal Neger's detention was extended for the tenth time, with the consent of his attorneys, following police confirmation in the hearing that there are no new offenses against him. Neger is suspected of extortion and collecting protection money, through the division of delivery zones in Ashdod and Kiryat Gat between crime organizations. Investigators set up a fictitious delivery company to gather evidence.

Eyal Neger's detention was extended for the tenth time, with the consent of his attorneys, during a hearing in which police confirmed that there are no new offenses against him. Neger was arrested along with dozens of other suspects on suspicion of extortion and collecting protection money, allegedly by dividing the delivery zone in the cities of Ashdod and Kiryat Gat between two organizations defined as crime organizations. To gather evidence, police investigators set up a fictitious delivery company to lure members of the crime organization into operating against them as well. Neger was defined as a silent partner in the courier company "Mr. Delivery," and police investigators believed he was profiting from this partnership. During the hearing, suspicions of money laundering and conspiracy to commit a crime were raised against him. The judge noted in her decision that there is reasonable suspicion that he committed the offenses attributed to him, and that additional grounds for detention exist. The extension was carried out against the backdrop of police confirmation that there are no new offenses, raising questions about the necessity of continued detention.