The drug market in Gaza is booming!
According to reports from the Gaza Strip, efforts have recently been stepped up to prevent the increasing drug smuggling attempts.
Doron Peskin, Middle East Expert 17.11.2022
According to the Palestinians, the drugs are smuggled by land from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing and by sea from Egypt.
The Hamas police place surprise checks on the roads and also raid houses in order to find the smuggled drugs.
Alaa Alwadia, a senior officer in the anti-narcotics department in Gaza, stated that the annual volume of drug trafficking amounts to approximately 2.5 million dollars.
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