As part of an ongoing crackdown on narcotics, Israel Police detectives raided an apartment on Dangoor Street in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, discovering a sophisticated laboratory suspected of being used for the cultivation and production of drugs.
Acting on a court-issued search warrant, detectives from the Bnei Brak-Ramat Gan station entered the residence on Sunday. During the search, officers uncovered 156 Cannabis plants with a total gross weight of 31 kg and 10 grams of a substance suspected to be Cocaine, found inside a vehicle linked to the suspects.
They also found various equipment used for the indoor cultivation of illicit substances.
Two suspects were apprehended at the scene, a 25-year-old resident of Bnei Brak and a 24-year-old resident of Rehovot.
Both individuals were taken for interrogation and subsequently incarcerated. On Monday, the court extended their remand until this coming Thursday.
