Protection Racket in the Negev: 4 Suspects from Rahat Attempted to Take Over a Meat Distribution Line in the Gaza Envelope

Four residents of Rahat, in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion of attempting to take over a meat distribution line in the Gaza envelope communities. They threatened the distributor and demanded he hand over the supply to them to make a profit. The police opened a covert investigation, which became overt over the weekend, and the suspects will be brought to a remand hearing at the Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court.

Four residents of Rahat, in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion of attempting to take over a meat distribution line in the Gaza envelope communities. According to the suspicion, they threatened the meat distributor and demanded he hand over the distribution line to them, so they could run it themselves and profit from it. The suspicions arose following a series of incidents that occurred during meat deliveries to the communities, in which the four even came to the council's communities to try to disrupt the distribution. Information about this reached the Negev police, who opened a covert investigation, during which testimonies and evidence were gathered. Over the past weekend, the investigation, carried out by the Central Unit of the Negev police, became overt. The investigators, with the help of additional officers, located the four within the regional council area and arrested them. The intention is to bring them to a remand hearing at the Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court, in accordance with the findings that will emerge from their police investigation.