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Last update - 20:33 03/06/2009
Two elderly Israelis arrested in 12.5 ton marijuana bust
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Drugs, Crime, Israel News 

Two elderly Israeli men were arrested by British police Tuesday night for attempting to smuggle 12.5 tons of marijuana into the country, the Sun reported on Wednesday.

Moshe Kedar 81, and his younger accomplice Mordechai Hersch, 67, were arrested after Kedar was reportedly caught on surveillance video receiving a cell phone and $10,000 cash from members of a London drug gang.

According to the Sun, police needed six sessions in a special incinerator to dispose of the marijuana, valued at around $50 million.
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The Sun calculated the haul as enough to make 36 million marijuana cigarettes ? or one for every man and woman in Britain.

Kedar has no previous criminal record and a police representative is quoted by the Sun as saying "Maybe he turned to crime very late in life, or maybe he simply never got caught before. Either way, his luck has now run out.
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  1.   now lets all scream "anti semetism" 16:26  |  SJ 03/06/09
  2.   Their age is irrellevant 17:32  |  Israeli grandma 03/06/09
  3.   #1 SJ now lets all NOT scream "anti semetism" 20:35  |  AntiSJ 03/06/09
  4.   Legalize Pot & Tax It! OR is THIS what you want? 21:23  |  michelle 03/06/09
  5.   bust 22:13  |  ed 03/06/09
  6.   Nazism 01:35  |  Eli 04/06/09
  7.   Ed, I`d say it`s not only stupid and ineffectual 01:54  |  newageblues 04/06/09
  8.   who was going to buy all that? 02:11  |  idf_sergeant 04/06/09
  9.   Huh? 03:34  |  Mark Lincoln 04/06/09
  10.   hi grandma.if my life is already ruined,can i have a whiff? 04:10  |  walter ben huxley 04/06/09
  11.   if cannabis is dope then alcohol is killer dope and superdope 04:32  |  newageblues 04/06/09
  12.   12.5 tons "up in smoke"? B-b-b-but-what a waste! 05:55  |  Dave ain`t here 04/06/09
  13.   Holy Cow 05:57  |  abbadad 04/06/09
  14.   Legalize Marijuana Now !! 07:20  |  Gil Zemach 04/06/09
  15.   Do they work for Peace Now? 09:27  |  Tcherkessi 04/06/09
  16.   No Tcherkessi #15, they work for the mossad 10:18  |  Dave ain`t here 04/06/09
  17.   Legalize it! 10:20  |  JBT 04/06/09
  18.   What a shame 10:59  |  Buzz 04/06/09
  19.   cannabis resin is not marijuana 12:12  |  chris 04/06/09
  20.   Marijuana 12:17  |  Lou 04/06/09
  21.   dear chris-what do you mean?cannabis resin is a certain component 16:30  |  sarah benetowa 04/06/09
  22.   that`s only 20 million joints 18:48  |  jay crew 05/06/09
  23.   call you on your bs 18:48  |  antisatan 05/06/09
  24.   to Michelle 20:37  |  solly 05/06/09
  25.   evil 21:48  |  Moshe 05/06/09
  26.   habeas jointus 22:41  |  kalidas 05/06/09
  27.   12 tons 08:02  |  getin hi 06/06/09
  28.   crimes against humanity 21:30  |  tzivi 15/06/09
  29.   I was gonna go to Shul... 01:00  |  JB 25/10/09
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