Police in Jerusalem’s Shafat station, along with officers from the Jerusalem District and a police dog unit, raided a property in the Ashqariya neighborhood of Beit Hanina following intelligence leads. In the courtyard, forces dug beneath a thick concrete slab—uncovering M16 rifles and hundreds of live rounds.
The operation was launched after targeted intelligence reached police, leading forces to conduct extensive searches of the property. During the search, a police dog handler worked the scene. The trained dog identified and marked a suspicious spot in the courtyard. Forces began digging at the location, revealing that the weapons had been buried deep underground and hidden beneath a thick concrete slab.
After breaking through the blocks and concrete surface, detectives found:
• Two M16 rifles (one of them shortened)
• 3 matching magazines
• Approximately 927 live rounds of 5.56mm ammunition
All seized weapons were transferred to the Israel Police forensic identification laboratories for further evidence processing. Police emphasize that the investigation is ongoing, and operational efforts are underway to locate and arrest suspects involved in hiding the weapons.