Ramallah - 9/15/2023 Based on intelligence information indicating the presence of parties working to flood the Palestinian market with smuggled foreign smoke to harm the Palestinian economy, and with the follow-up of His Excellency Major General Iyad Barakat and the briefing of His Excellency the Minister of the Interior Major General Ziad Hab Al-Rih, a field work team was formed from Search, investigation and surveillance crews, and in the early hours of Friday morning, a vehicle was seized at one of the entrances to the Bethlehem Governorate through an ambush prepared in advance containing large quantities of smuggled and illegal foreign smoke estimated at millions of shekels, in addition to illegal goods (car parts, clothes, and cosmetics), which are also illegal. It causes damage to the revenues of the state treasury and the national economy.
The seized items were seized until the legal procedures were completed.
The agency calls on citizens to report any smuggled, corrupt, counterfeit, or illegal materials by calling the toll-free number 132 or through the agency’s official page on the social networking site (Facebook).