Israel seizes 9 tons of smuggled vegetables

Before Pesach, the Jewish Passover, the inspectors of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture began to intensify their activity at the border crossings, so, during an activity by the inspectors of the Central Control and Investigation Unit (PISUH) of the Ministry of Agriculture , at the Bekaa crossing, ministry inspectors thwarted two smuggling attempts of about 9 tons of vegetables of various types. In the first seizure, inspectors from the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture discovered around 8.5 tons of vegetables of different types: cucumbers, zucchini, eggplants, tomatoes, hot peppers, green beans and cauliflower. Also found in the truck were 72 one and a half liter bottles of pickled cucumber. A false document was attached to vegetables smuggled out of the Palestinian Authority. A preliminary investigation shows that all the vegetables were intended to be sold in Kiryat Ata. Given the real danger of consuming these vegetables, the product was sent for destruction and criminal ...