55 kilos heroin, 10 kilos hash seized in Galilee drug bust

Approximately US$600,000 in cash was also seized in the raid.

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At least 55 kilograms of heroin and 10 kilograms of hash were seized in a joint police and IDF raid on Friday night, Ch.-Supt. Shmuel Boker, head of the Galilee district Criminal Investigations Department, said Saturday. Approximately US$600,000 in cash was also seized in the Lebanon-border raid. Three men from Beersheeba suspected of attempting to smuggle drugs from Lebanon to Israel were also arrested in the raid. The men, aged between the ages of 25 and 45, were known to police, and extension of their remand will be requested Saturday night at the Akko District Court.