In the wake of intelligence warnings about a cell of armed terrorists in the Jerusalem area, Border Police officers set up checkpoints along Highway 1 early Sunday afternoon and the Shin Bet’s Tequila force was deployed to the area.

Forces of the Tequila unit are deployed as a last resort to stop terrorists who are already on the way to the attack.

Shortly later, the police stopped one suspicious vehicle near the Latrun interchange. The driver was arrested and transferred to the Shin Bet for interrogation. His vehicle was examined by bomb sappers.

Israel Police issued a statement later on Sunday saying that an initial investigation found that the driver was not involved in terror activities and no suspicious objects were found in his car.

However, the driver had transported 13 Palestinians in his car who had entered Israel illegally. The police arrested the infiltrators and transferred them for questioning.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)