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Mounds of Ecstasy pills found by police after wide-scale operation in Ramle in 2002. (Alon Ron)
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Two Israelis arrested in Thailand for possession of 23,000 Ecstasy pills
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel, drug deal, Thailand 

Two Israelis were arrested Tuesday in Thailand after police found 23,000 Ecstasy pills in their possession, the foreign ministry said Friday. Israeli Consul Hanoch Amadi in Bangkok said he expected the two to be held for a long time for drug-dealing.

The two were arrested during a wide-scale police operation on Kwasan Street in Bangkok, where many Israeli tourists tend to congregate. Police also arrested a number of other Israelis at the same time, but some were released on bail and the others were released when it was clear they had no connection to the drug deal.

Amadi, who is in contact with the local authorities, told the foreign ministry that the two arrested are receiving legal aid. The foreign ministry updated the families of the two Israelis about their arrest.
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      1.   LET THEM ROTT IN A THAI PRISON!! 12:49  |  Robert 07/12/07
      2.   23.000 E`s, that is a sure death sentence. 13:09  |  Marvin 07/12/07
      3.   Israelis and Ecstasy.... 15:17  |  Donna s 07/12/07
      4.   Charge them with attempted murder 15:21  |  Nephtaly 07/12/07
      5.   Bangkok Hilton 16:13  |  Phil 07/12/07
      6.   #4, then charge liquor stores when the same thing happens 17:05  |  newageblues 07/12/07
      7.   MUSLIM THAILAND IS SOURCE OF DRUGS TO KILL THE WESTERN WORLD 17:23  |  Jeff 07/12/07
      8.   If these allegations are true... 17:24  |  Sherman 07/12/07
      9.   connection w/ Ecstacy pills caught in Lebanon?? 17:52  |  concerned 07/12/07
      10.   #7 Jeff - quite an accusation 17:53  |  Yonatan 07/12/07
      11.   Thank God it wasnt prozac. 18:40  |  migidy 07/12/07
      12.   Are you sure? 18:41  |  David 07/12/07
      13.   Israelis , Ecstacy etc 19:28  |  leon 07/12/07
      14.   Jeff ..... 19:31  |  leon 07/12/07
      15.   E`s and Israelis 19:56  |  Dave 07/12/07
      16.   Jeff #7 20:12  |  Bobby 07/12/07
      17.   Sex, Drugs and Lunar Cycles 20:25  |  Dav 07/12/07
      18.   That`s what jails are for: Criminals 20:32  |  no doubt about it 07/12/07
      19.   To bad! 20:52  |  Adam 07/12/07
      20.   Like Marvin #2 Stated 23:22  |  Nanker Phelge 07/12/07
      21.   Too bad! 00:25  |  Pollux Troy 08/12/07
      22.   Now, this is gossip! 01:58  |  Dee 08/12/07
      23.   lucky it wasn`t singapore 03:23  |  Singha 08/12/07
      24.   I wish Holland had tough drug laws like in Thailand. 09:57  |  Benjamina 08/12/07
      25.   Khaosan Road and drug raids 17:12  |  dave 08/12/07
      26.   HOLLAND: The ecstasy capital of the world 12:06  |  John Lewis-Dickerson 25/12/07
      27.   U.S.DEA agents say Israelis have been involved in the major busts 12:41  |  John Lewis-Dickerson 25/12/07
      28.   Israeli Drug Smugglers` Global Monopoly On Ecstasy 12:46  |  John Lewis-Dickerson 25/12/07
      29.   Israeli`s arrested for posession of ecstasy 21:53  |  Eli 06/04/08
      30.   #7 -- Jeff 01:18  |  democrat 07/04/08
      31.   Two teenage drugrunners arrested 03:04  |  Shahid 07/04/08
      32.   Not that big a deal 21:45  |  Al 22/07/08
      33.   E and Se Asia 09:08  |  Ian 06/04/09
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