Attorney arrested after arsenal discovered at her home

Store of missiles, firearms found at lawyer's home in Rishon Lezion; attorney had represented criminal elements; remanded to 2 days custody.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN
weapons arsensal_311 (photo credit: Alon Mor, Israel Post)
weapons arsensal_311
(photo credit: Alon Mor, Israel Post)
A lawyer was arrested on Saturday night after police discovered an arsenal of deadly weapons in a storage room near her residential apartment in Rishon Lezion, police said Sunday.
Shoulder-held LAW missiles, an array of firearms, explosives, and ammunition, were all found in the cache.
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Police were alerted to the weapons cache by a local resident. A patrol car was dispatched to the apartment and found the illegal weapons.
The lawyer, named as Liora Barko, reportedly represented criminal elements in the past and, according to Army Radio, had been previously arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs into members of the Bar- Moha crime syndicate in prison.
According to Channel 10, the weapons could even be used to attack armored vehicles.
Barkan has denied all suspicions against her. The Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court remanded the suspect to two-days custody on Sunday.
Police, in the meantime, have removed the arms and neutralized the explosives.