Based on intelligence data, an intensive investigation has been carried out over the past few months by the Military Police Special Investigations Unit in cooperation with the Central Galilee Unit of the Israel Police. It is suspected that an IDF non-commissioned officer, a warrant officer and a number of Israeli civilians were in contact with Lebanese drug dealers so as to smuggle drugs over the border.

According to the investigation, it is alleged that the warrant officer passed on military-security information to Lebanese drug dealers, connected to the Hezbollah terror organization. Other suspects were also arrested for passing on critical information to the same Lebanese sources. The nature of the “critical information” is not cleared for release at this time.

Israeli civilians involved in the case will be indicted by Israel’s Northern District Attorney in the coming days. Regarding the warrant officer, when the investigation will be concluded, its findings will be passed on to the IDF Military Advocate General’s Unit.

Police involved in the case seem to indicate the NCO will faces charges including treason and contact with a hostile foreign agent.

The NCO’s remand was extended for nine days on Wednesday by a Haifa military court.

(IDF Spokesman – Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)