Israeli police raided a cannabis nursery in Rehovot on Sunday, arresting two suspects and seizing hundreds of plants and tens of thousands of shekels, the police announced on Monday.
The police stated that the operation had come after weeks of investigations, and that the two suspects were thought to have been involved both in growing the drugs and in dealing them from an apartment in Yehud.
Over the course of the raid, police said they seized approximately NIS 25,000 in total from both the nursery and the apartment. Also seized were over 400 marijuana seedlings, around 7.3 kg. of plant matter suspected to be cannabis, and around 1 kg. of substance suspected to be hashish.
The two arrested suspects, aged 39 and 42, are residents of Yehud and Kiryat Ono. They were interrogated and imprisoned, and the police are expected to request an extension of their detentions in court.
Police arrest two in massive Bat Yam drug seizure
Last week, Israel Police seized cocaine, crystal meth, ecstasy, ketamine, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and tens of thousands of shekels divided into portions in Bat Yam.
Two suspects, aged 52 and 28, were arrested in the seizure, after Bat Yam Police officers and Tel Aviv District’s Light Rail Unit detectives searched two addresses in the city.
Corinne Baum contributed to this report.
