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Israel: Scotland Yard Here To Study Marijuana-Smuggling Case

Jerusalem Post (Israel)

Thursday 09 Nov 2000

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Website: http://www.jpost.co.il/
Author: Itim


SCOTLAND YARD HERE TO STUDY MARIJUANA-SMUGGLING CASE

(November 9) - Two Scotland Yard investigators have arrived here to
examine a shipping container in the Port of Eilat in which four tons of
marijuana were discovered on Sunday.

Scotland Yard got the information from Interpol and contacted Eilat
police, asking whether they could investigate how the drugs were
smuggled.

The drugs were found in a container which otherwise was filled with a
cargo of wood. It came on the Zim line's Mombassa Star, which arrived
from Durban, South Africa. The ship was due to unload the containers
and put them on trucks for Haifa, where they were to be shipped to
European countries. The suspect container was destined for Romania.

Acting on intelligence information passed from Interpol to Eilat police
and customs officials, the ship was put under surveillance. After being
unloaded, the container was taken to a port warehouse and opened. The
upper row of wood was removed to reveal a hiding place containing bags
filled with some four tons of marijuana, worth about NIS 4 million.

Information was passed to Interpol, and now attempts are being made to
find the person in Romania to whom the container was sent. No one has
been arrested yet in the case.

 

 

 

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