A 23-year-old resident of Kiryat Malachi was charged with luring a jewelery
dealer into an armed robbery at the Beersheba District Court on Sunday
morning.
The suspect allegedly arranged for the salesman to arrive at the
home a friend, where he met him and began negotiating jewelery purchases, the
charge sheet said.
As the two men conversed, "two suspects arrived at the
apartment on a moped, pulled out guns and robbed the jewelery dealer," the
indictment added.
The suspects allegedly made off with NIS 60,000 worth
of jewelery. "They were apparently tipped off by the suspect,"
prosecutors said.
Police said "an intensive and complex investigation led
to evidence... that links the suspect to the planning and carrying out of
the robbery."