Unusual operation in the Negev: gun with a bullet in the barrel, M16 rifles - and hundreds of thousands of shekels | Documentation

An unusual operation by the Southern District Police in Rahat and Bedouin diaspora communities in the Negev: six pistols, four M-16 rifles, stolen IDF ammunition, and approximately 275,000 shekels in cash were seized. At least 16 suspects were arrested, including a resident of Tel Sheva with a cocked pistol and a bullet in the barrel.

Over the past week, the Southern District Police conducted an unusual operation in the Negev, during which six pistols, four M-16 assault rifles, weapon parts, stolen IDF ammunition, and approximately 275,000 shekels in cash were seized. The activities took place in Rahat and Bedouin diaspora communities following intelligence information about criminal conflicts between families and intentions to carry out shootings. At least 16 suspects were arrested. In one activity in Tel Sheva, following a report of gunfire, a resident of the locality was arrested with a loaded and cocked pistol with a bullet in the barrel. In Rahat and the Tarabin area, a loaded Glock 19 pistol, ammunition, and in another activity in the city, ten M-16 rifle assemblies and about 25,000 shekels in cash were found. In Hura, a Glock pistol, an extended magazine, ammunition, and about 250,000 shekels in cash were seized. In Ar'arat an-Naqab, officers located two concealed pistols that were apparently used in shooting incidents. In an activity near Kuseife, an M-16 rifle and a full magazine were seized, and in the area of the Route 80 diaspora, hundreds of rounds of ammunition were seized. The operations were carried out in cooperation with officers from Southern District stations, fighters from the Sa'ar and Yoav units, Border Police fighters, and the National Guard of the Southern Border Police.

Unusual operation in the Negev: gun with a bullet in the barrel, M16 rifles - and hundreds of thousands of shekels | Documentation