Police in Israel’s Northern District are constantly involved in maintaining the law, including the removal of illegal weapons from the streets. This includes weapons intended for acts of terrorism or criminal activity.

Last month, September 2019, 20 long weapons were confiscated along with 8 pistols, 27 air sport guns, 7 hand grenades, 10 IEDs, 8 firebombs, and 5000 fireworks.

A partial list of items confiscated in 2019 released by police includes:
The confiscation of weapons in Migdal Shams, a northern Druze village.
• One M16 assault rifle
• Seven air sport guns in homes
• A search of a suspect revealed another air sport gun

Nahf: An Arab village in the N. District between Upper & Lower Galil
• One IED and a hand grenade found in a home
• One IED, a pistol and stun grenade found in another home
• An air sport rifle found in another home, in the yard

• In the district, a total of 149 guns were confiscated
• 351 pistols were confiscated
• 125 hand grenades
• 85 IEDs
• 920 firebombs
• 5782 fireworks
• 6 RPGs and more

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem / Photo Credit: Israel Police Spokesman Unit)