During the night, the fighters of the Magen unit (Negev Border Intelligence) with the assistance of the air formation went on a mounted chase for dozens of kilometers in a desert area near the Egyptian border.
Fighters of the Magen unit foiled the smuggling of dozens of kilograms of cocaine from the Egyptian border.
During the night, the fighters of the Magen unit (Negev Border Intelligence) with the assistance of the air formation went on a mounted chase for dozens of kilometers in a desert area near the Egyptian border, during which they arrested a resident of Bir HaDaj, who had in an SUV with packages of a substance suspected to be a cocaine-type drug weighing 78 kg.
According to the suspicion, the drugs were intended for trade and distribution with a value of more than NIS 30 million ($8.3 million.)