Smuggling
Rafah border crossing to reopen next week with Israeli oversight, advanced screening
Israel plans to oversee the Rafah border reopening next week, using remote monitoring and advanced screening to prevent weapons smuggling while ensuring security for travelers.
Weapons smuggling via drones poses a threatening new reality for Israel - analysis
Migrants share tutorials for human smuggling on social media - report
Negev police chase ends in death of suspected weapons smuggler, Israeli Police say
Israeli authorities foil smuggling attempt of unsafe beef, pork fat worth over NIS 1 million
While pork fat has long been used in cosmetics, the products in the seized shipment did not meet the necessary safety standards for food-grade items.
UAE police unveils drug smuggling network involving Canada, Spain, seizes 131KG of narcotics
According to UAE officials, 131 kilograms of narcotics and psychotropic substances were seized by the police on their way to the UAE from Toronto, Canada.
Drones increasingly being used to smuggle items from Sinai to Gaza - report
The context surrounding the smuggling into Gaza, however, may not be a surprise.
Two Israelis arrested by police after returning from Syria with Kalashnikov rifles
This comes after Israeli Druze civilians crossed from Israel into Syria in solidarity with their brethren amid violent clashes with Damascus security forces, particularly in Sweida.
IDF 'Alpine' Unit raids Syrian Assad-era command posts to prevent weapons smuggling
Reservists of the IDF's 810th Brigade have uncovered command posts, over three tons of ammunition leftover from Assad's regime on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon.
Pakistan confiscates 18 illegal lions after one escapes, attacks woman and children
Pakistani authorities confiscated the lions that were kept as pets illegally after one of them escaped and attacked a woman and two children in the country's Punjab province.
Turtle illegally smuggled onto El Al plane escapes, bites another passenger
The turtle was eventually captured by the flight crew and placed in a safe crate until the plane landed in Israel.
Israel Police detain Palestinian for attempting to smuggle vehicle parts into Jordan
A further investigation raised suspicions that the suspect had received stolen electric vehicles and attempted to obscure the vehicle identification numbers.
Suspect arrested at Ben-Gurion Airport for smuggling gold worth NIS 1.5 million
Sherif Ravi, a resident of Beit Hanina in Jerusalem, had returned to Israel from Dubai through Ben-Gurion Airport and tried to bring the gold into the country without declaring it.
Syria, Turkey seize nine million captagon pills in joint operation
Roughly 5 million of the pills had already been smuggled into Turkey, while the rest were intended for further distribution.
