Rifles in suitcases, pistols in drawers: A weapons cache uncovered in a home in Gan Yavne

Police officers from the Ashdod station raided a home in Gan Yavne and uncovered a large weapons cache, including rifles, pistols, ammunition, and assault weapons. Three suspects were arrested on suspicion that the weapons were intended for a conflict between criminal gangs.

Over the past weekend, police officers from the Ashdod station raided a home in the local council of Gan Yavne and uncovered a large cache of weapons, ammunition, and assault equipment hidden in various places in the house. During the search, officers located large quantities of weapons, including a standard M-16 rifle, a Glock pistol with a full magazine, a starter pistol, two gas pistols, and two airsoft pistols suspected of being converted, along with many magazines, pistol bullets, long-range ammunition, 31 shotgun shells, and weapon parts. In addition, many assault tools were found, such as swords, machetes, clubs, and knives, as well as detective hats, military uniforms, and weapon straps. In the home's storage room, equipment and machines suspected of being intended for counterfeiting ten-shekel coins were also seized, along with coins suspected of being counterfeit, and quantities of drugs. Three suspects were arrested, and the suspicion is that the weapons were intended for use in a criminal conflict between gangs.