17-year-old was reportedly on a campaign to rebuild his family’s reputation when he extorted and threatened rivals and bought guns to arm up for his next move.
By BEN HARTMANPolice crime scene south Tel Aviv 370(photo credit: Ben Hartman)
The teenage son of a major mobster from the South was arrested following a raid of his house in Otzem Tuesday.The teenager was reportedly on a campaign to rebuild his family’s reputation when he extorted and threatened rivals and bought guns to arm up for his next move.The 17-year-old was one of 10 suspects arrested by Lahish region police in Ashkelon, Ashdod and the surrounding areas on Tuesday.He was arrested – along with several men affiliated with his father’s organization – on guns, drugs, extortion and fraud charges.Officer Lior Ben-Simon, of the Lahish police, said the teenager was the ringleader of the conspiracy and that the rest of the suspects, who ranged in age from 19-48 were all following his lead.Ben-Simon said police can’t link the teenager to a conspiracy to commit a mob hit, but that he was looking to rebuild his father’s organization.Ben-Simon said one of the son’s main concerns was to try and bring back affiliates who had jumped ship and left his father’s organization for the crime-family led by Benny Shlomo, a former associate of his father who lives on nearby Moshav Heletz.Last week, the teen’s father was sentenced to 15 months in prison in a plea bargain for his role in influencing the local elections in Netivot.Over the past couple of years his father waged a bloody war against Shlomo and his associates, a gang war that spilled out into the streets of Ashkelon late last year with two car bombings targeting the father’s associates.
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