On the 22 of November, dozens of packages containing many kilograms of drugs washed up on the beaches of the Mediterranean, from northern Israel (Naharia, Haifa, Tirat Hakarmel, Zichron Ya'akov) to its center (Tel-Aviv, Rishon- Lezion).
At first, there was panic ; fear of packages containing explosives. So, the police were called to inspect them and look for additional packages. Next, the dumped stuff was transferred to a police lab.
Could be it was a failed smuggling operation of packages tossed from a passing ship for locals to collect. The other possibility is that the israeli owner was trying, for some reason, to get rid of the illegal drugs and threw them into the sea.
So far, we haven't heard anything from the police, and that's frustrating.
I recall something similar in the past, but it was on a much smaller scale, and long before the talks on cannabis' legalization.
Anyway, this kind of happening causes security panic, and it might damage the marine fauna (the packages of marijuana were non water proof).
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