A drug lab was uncovered in a residential apartment in Kiryat Ata

(Hai Fe) - Today, Monday 4.3.24, a large drug laboratory was uncovered by the policemen of the Zebulon station, Hoof District, in a residential apartment in Kiryat Ata.

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The police told Hai Pa News Corporation:

Zebulon police officers uncovered a residential apartment suspected to be used as a laboratory for the production of cannabis-type drugs with a total weight of over 50 kg and hundreds of seedlings and arrested a 24-year-old suspect on suspicion of operating it.

As part of the uncompromising fight waged by the Israel Police against the scourge of drugs, with an emphasis on growing and trafficking that endangers public peace, police officers of the Zebulon station in the "Meravah Asher" conducted a proactive and targeted activity in Kiryat Ata yesterday, as part of which they arrested a 24-year-old suspect on suspicion of growing and manufacturing drugs under laboratory conditions.

Cannabis with a total weight of over 50 kg and over 350 seedlings

As part of the activity, the police uncovered a cannabis-type drug laboratory with a total weight of more than 50 kg and more than 350 seedlings, as well as a lot of professional equipment used for cultivation and production under drug laboratory conditions.

All the findings were forwarded to further evidence extraction in the forensic laboratories and the suspects were arrested for questioning and eventually imprisoned. In accordance with the needs of the investigation and its findings, the court agreed to the police's request and extended the suspect's detention until 5.3.24.