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Two Arrested for Smuggling Pistols from Syria
Two arrested, including Tel Aviv resident, for smuggling pistols from Syria. Indictment follows discovery of guns near Syrian border.
Jerusalem, 26 October, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Two people, a Tel Aviv resident (53) and a foreign national from Eritrea (34), were indicted for smuggling weapons from Syria.
The two were arrested earlier this month when a report was received of a suspicious vehicle that was stopped by security forces after a motorcycle was found on it that had previously traveled near the Syrian border. A search of the found five guns.
The police investigation indicated that the two arrived near the border in a vehicle with an electric motorcycle on it. After parking the vehicle in a remote location, one of the defendants went out on the motorcycle to the perimeter fence and collected five pistols that were thrown at him from the Syrian side.
