The Customs Police Department handled 65 cases last week, in cooperation with partner agencies.
The most prominent of these were as follows:
20 cases were handled in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance, with the aim of improving state revenues and providing the treasury with funds. These cases included:
- 12 tax and customs cases, with taxpayers referred to the Ministry to complete their commercial transactions.
- 3 cases of goods arriving from Israel that did not bear the clearance invoice.
- 5 cases of smuggled and prohibited tobacco.
31 cases were handled in cooperation with the Ministries of National Economy and Health, to prevent the spread of illegal goods. The most prominent of these were:
- More than 2 tons of expired food were seized, and the seized items were destroyed.
- Approximately 3,000 unlicensed drug strips, 432 unlicensed medical adhesives, and (205 packages and 186 pills) of prohibited sexual stimulants were seized. The seized items were handed over to the relevant authorities.
- 3 packaging and printing machines were seized for counterfeiting prohibited trademarks and were handed over to the relevant authorities.
- 6 tons of fruit (pineapple) unfit for human consumption were seized and destroyed.
One case, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, resulted in the seizure of:
5.2 tons of fruit without an agricultural permit and was handed over to the relevant authorities.
13 cases, in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, included:
- 2,039 Israeli SIM cards, 87 recharge cards, and 5 recharge machines for prohibited cards.
- 183 unlicensed mail parcels were handed over to the relevant authorities.
- 20 mobile devices not logged into the system.
All seized items were handed over to the relevant authorities.
The Customs Authority calls on citizens to report smuggled, spoiled, or counterfeit goods, or tampering with product prices or monopoly, by calling the toll-free number 132 or via the Authority's official Facebook page.