Israel dismantles major Syria-linked arms smuggling network - i24NEWS

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45% : Investigators from the Shin Bet and Israel's national anti-organized-crime unit found that the group was preparing to move an unusually large weapons shipment shortly before their arrest.
36% : According to security officials, the cell operated from the Syrian village of Hadr, near the Golan Heights border, and had repeatedly smuggled weapons into Israel.
33% : The soldiers under suspicion allegedly exploited their access to border areas to move the arms, which were later transferred to criminal organizations in northern Israel.
28% : According to security officials, the cell operated from the Syrian village of Hadr, near the Golan Heights border, and had repeatedly smuggled weapons into Israel Israeli authorities announced Wednesday that a large arms smuggling network operating from Syria was dismantled over the past month in a joint operation involving the Shin Bet, Israel Police, and the IDF.

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