Police received approval to extend the arrest of crime organization head Eyal Najar beyond 30 days

Police received approval to extend the arrest of crime organization head Eyal Najar beyond 30 days. Najar is suspected of extorting hundreds of food delivery couriers in southern Israel, was a secret partner in a delivery company, and a central figure in the case of extorting competitors. He has been interrogated three times and maintains his right to silence.

Police received approval today (Thursday) to extend the arrest of crime organization head Eyal Najar beyond 30 days. Najar is suspected of extorting hundreds of food delivery couriers in southern Israel. According to police, he was a secret partner in the delivery company and a central figure in the case of extorting competitors in the delivery industry. He has been interrogated three times so far and continues to maintain his right to silence. Najar, head of a crime organization from Ashdod, was arrested on August 11 at a hotel in Tel Aviv. That same morning, dozens of suspects were arrested in large-scale raids in several cities in the south, as part of an operation led by the Lahish District Central Unit and Border Police National Guard fighters on suspicion of involvement in protection racket offenses. i24NEWS learned that the raid followed a broad investigation conducted by the Lahish District Central Unit in recent months. His attorney, Ness Bar Natan, stated: "My client denies all allegations against him completely." Najar is considered one of the prominent figures in the southern crime world, formerly the right-hand man of murdered crime organization head Benny Shlomo.