Israel thwarts record-breaking drug smuggling attempt
Customs Administration officials seized LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and more in packages mailed from Europe.
By SAMUEL THROPEUpdated: APRIL 23, 2018 13:04Illicit drugs seized at Ben-Gurion Airport, April 22, 2018(photo credit: CUSTOMS AUTHORITY)
Israeli customs officers seized 38 different shipments of illegal drugs at Ben-Gurion Airport Sunday, the Israeli Customs spokesman's office announced. The seizure, which included packages mailed from the Netherlands and Spain, is the largest one-day drug bust in Israel's history.The operation captured 1000 tabs of LSD, more than half a kilo of cannabis tea, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, marijuana, mescaline, and other drugs.Drug-sniffing dogs from the Custom Administration's canine unit identified the suspect packages.Israel's more than NIS 6 billion illicit drug market, mostly made up of heroin, cocaine, and marijuana smuggled from neighboring countries, has ensnared tens of thousands of addicts.
