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Alleged crimelord Abutbul sentenced to 18 months in prison

By Ofra Edelman, Haaretz Correspondent

Tags: Assi Abutbul, organized crime

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced alleged crime boss Assi Abutbul to 18 months in prison for being an accessory to a weapons deal carried out by alleged Jerusalem organized crimelord Eli Naim, who is also known as "the magician."

Naim was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his involvement in the arms deal, while seven other associates of Abutbul were given sentences ranging between 14 months and seven years in prison.

The affair began at the beginning of 2006, when Jerusalem police stopped a car driven by two of Naim's men at the entrance to the city. A search of the vehicle revealed an Uzi sub-machine gun, magazines and silencers. One of the men found in the car was enlisted as a state's witness in the case.

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After collecting a large amount of material during the course of their investigation, police decided to arrest the ten main suspects in the affair: Abutbul and three of his men, Naim and five of his.

Police suspected that the Abutbul and Naim collaborated in order to settle scores with rival groups in the capital.

During the arrest operation, police discovered a hidden weapons cache in an apartment belonging to one of Abutbul's suspected foot soldiers that included some three kilograms of RDX explosive material.

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