Israel Police: Border Police fighters and Israel Nature and Parks Authority inspectors located two gazelles and two mongooses that were being held illegally in the village of Shuwaika.
Israel Police and Nature Authority inspectors rescued two gazelles and two mongooses illegally held in Shuwaika village; one suspect arrested.
Suspect ArrestedLast night, Border Police fighters in Judea and Samaria, along with detectives from the Central District Border Police and inspectors from the Nature and Parks Authority, operated in the village of Shweika, near the city of Tulkarm, as part of an investigation conducted by the Central District Border Police concerning the illegal possession of protected wild animals. As part of the operation, forces raided a compound in the village and conducted a search, during which two gazelles and two badgers were found to be held illegally. Nature and Parks Authority inspectors carried out the necessary professional actions at the site for the capture of the animals, and they were transferred for further treatment by the Nature and Parks Authority. During the operation, A suspect, a resident of Tulkarm in his 60s, was arrested and transferred for further investigation by the Central District Border Police.