The Customs House at Ben Gurion Airport, in cooperation with the Ben Gurion Airport Police Special Investigation Unit 747 in the Central District, yesterday succeeded in uncovering and thwarting an attempt to smuggle 18 kg of the drug MDMA by a resident of Beit Shemesh in his 30s, who returned to Israel on a flight from Prague.
Meanwhile, a double-walled mirror was found in the suitcase of a passenger who aroused the suspicion of the customs inspectors in the passenger hall. In a search of the suitcase, in a joint operation with investigators from the Customs Narcotics Unit and detectives from Unit 747, suspicious bags containing approximately 18 kilograms of a substance suspected to be a type of MDMA were discovered. Investigators from Unit 747 arrested the suspect – as stated, a resident of Beit Shemesh in his 30s.
All findings were transferred for further evidence extraction to the Israel Police forensic laboratories, along with the suspect’s detention for questioning at the Ben Gurion Airport area offices. In accordance with its findings, he was brought before the court yesterday and, at the request of the police, his detention was extended by the court until Thursday.
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