[IsraelTimes] More than 200 kilograms of marijuana flowers and hashish seized, no arrests madeIsraeli troops foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs into Israel from Egypt on Friday morning, the military said.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras spotted the drug smuggling attempt and dispatched troops to the scene.
Suspects from the Egyptian side tossed the drugs over the fence, apparently for accomplices on the Israeli side to later pick them up.
More than 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of marijuana flowers and hashish, estimated to be worth NIS 4 million ($1.2 million), were seized, according to the IDF. No arrests were made.
"This operation is part of the ongoing effort by the IDF and security forces to thwart drug smuggling on the Egyptian border," the military said.
On a sometimes nightly basis, Egyptian smugglers attempt to pass contraband over the border to Israelis, who collect the packages and sell the drugs in Israel — mostly marijuana from grow houses in the Sinai Peninsula, but sometimes harder drugs like heroin.