Border Authority seizes 10,000 rifle bullets being smuggled into West Bank
A suspicious Israeli vehicle with an Israeli and a Palestinian on board, arriving at the Reihan crossing, was inspected by the Border Crossings Authority.
By SARAH CHEMLA10 IDF boxes with10,000 5.56 rifle bullets.(photo credit: BORDER CROSSINGS AUTHORITY/MINISTRY OF DEFENSE)
The Border Crossings Authority thwarted an attempt to smuggle 10,000 rifle bullets from Israel into the Palestinian Authority territory at the Reihan crossing, on Thursday night.A suspicious Israeli vehicle with two passengers, an Arab-Israeli and a Palestinian, arrived at the crossing and was inspected by the Border Crossings Authority who discovered 10 IDF boxes containing about 10,000 5.56 caliber rifle bullets.10 IDF boxes with10,000 5.56 rifle bullets. (Credit: Boder Crossings Authority/Ministry of Defense)The suspects, an Arab-Israeli from Sakhnin and a Palestinian from Jenin, were taken for police investigation.The ammunition was confiscated.
