(haipo) Zevulun police officers uncovered a hydroponic drug-growing laboratory inside an apartment in the heart of a residential neighborhood in Kiryat Yam. During the raid, hundreds of cannabis plants weighing a total of about 35 kilograms were seized, as well as material suspected of being marijuana ready for distribution. A 35-year-old Nesher resident was arrested for questioning and imprisoned in Tuma.
Hundreds of seedlings and marijuana ready for distribution seized in apartment
As part of a proactive and targeted operation carried out by officers from the Zevulun police station in Kiryat Yam, the officers raided an apartment in the heart of a residential neighborhood in the city and uncovered a laboratory for growing drugs using the hydro method. Hundreds of cannabis seedlings, weighing a total of about 35 kg, were found in the apartment. In addition to the seedlings, about 1.6 kg of a substance suspected of being marijuana that was ready for distribution were seized in the apartment, along with flyers that were suspected of being used to market and distribute the drugs on the streets.
A 35-year-old suspect was arrested and imprisoned – the findings were sent for examination
Following the raid, a suspect, a 35-year-old resident of Nesher, was arrested and brought for questioning at the Zevulun police station. At the end of the questioning, the court ordered his detention. All of the evidence seized in the apartment was transferred to the Israel Police's forensic laboratories for further evidence extraction. The activity was carried out as part of the Israel Police's fight against drug cultivation and trafficking offenses, with the aim of damaging the criminal infrastructure and maintaining public peace and security.
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