A well-known criminal who spent ten months working as an undercover agent for Jerusalem’s Central Unit brought down dozens of suspects in dangerous drug trafficking operations across Israel. In the operation revealed Wednesday morning, police arrested 28 suspects and seized drugs, vehicles, and cash. The goal was to disrupt the supply chains feeding drugs into Jerusalem.
2+The agent, who was well known among criminal elements, leveraged his reputation built over years to gain the trust of drug dealers and penetrate their inner circles. During his deployment, he conducted dozens of controlled buys under the direction of the undercover agents division in Jerusalem’s Central Unit, purchasing commercial quantities of cocaine, ecstasy, and other drugs worth a cumulative total of hundreds of thousands of shekels. The transactions were carried out with oversight from the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office, and the evidence collected during them was used to establish the suspicions against those involved. According to police, the operation was designed not only to incriminate the drug dealers but also to damage the connections between them and undermine trust within the trafficking networks.
2+At dawn, as the covert operation concluded, large police forces raided the homes of suspects across the country. The operation involved officers from the Jerusalem District and other districts, Border Police fighters, National Guard personnel, and the canine unit. During the raids, police arrested 28 suspects and seized more than 100,000 shekels in cash, dangerous drugs, and 12 vehicles that allegedly were used to transport the drugs and conduct the transactions. Police intend to seek forfeiture of the vehicles later in the legal proceedings.
At a ceremony revealing the agent this morning, Jerusalem District Commander Superintendent Avshalom Feld addressed the operation’s achievements and emphasized that the goal was to strike at the central figures funneling drugs into the capital and to undermine trust among criminals.
2+“The scourge of dangerous drugs poisons our youth, destroys families, and is a central crime generator that produces serious violent incidents and criminal conflicts in the streets,” Feld said. The district commander went on to explain that the operation was designed to create uncertainty among drug dealers about the identity of the people with whom they conduct transactions. “Not a single criminal in this field knows this morning whether the next deal is the one that will end his path and put him behind bars,” he declared. The arrested suspects are expected to be brought later today to hearings on extending their detention in court, while the investigation into them continues.