Two Arrested for Smuggling Pistols from Syria

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.