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(Alberto Denkberg) Last update - 18:38 06/07/2008 104 kg of uncut cocaine seized in Israel's largest drug bust By Jack Khoury and Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondents, and Haaretz Service Tags: Israel, Drug Smuggling  Police in May seized 104 kg of uncut cocaine worth more than $15 million at Haifa port in the largest drug-smuggling bust in Israel's history, officials revealed Sunday. A ship containing coffee beans en route from Colombia underwent a routine check in Haifa, when cargo inspectors noticed three bags that were then found to contain 96 cubes of an unidentified substance. The Israel Police drug unit was called to the scene and its investigators identified the substance as pure cocaine. Advertisement Police have launched an investigation into the affair, which resulted in the arrest of eight residents of the Israeli Arab town Umm al-Fahm, including three owners of the company that imported the coffee beans. However, the eight were released after a fortnight due to lack of evidence connecting them to the incident. On Friday, a 36-year-old man was arrested near the Dead Sea area for allegedly carrying 13 kilograms of heroin and 40,000 ecstasy pills weighing a total of five kilograms. The suspect, a Bedouin resident of the Negev, was taken into custody for questioning. Earlier this year, police and IDF troops seized the largest shipment of pure heroin ever to be intercepted on the border with Lebanon, a total of 32.5 kilograms of pure heroin, worth some NIS 30 million. Related articles: Police arrest Bedouin man suspected of smuggling drugs worth millions NIS 30 million in heroin seized in record Lebanon border bust Study: Israelis like to smoke marijuana, less keen on coke Bookmark to del.icio.us   Killing spree Police conclude Jerusalem bulldozer killer acted alone. The Bar exam Attention celebrities: Israeli start-up company can save you from paparazzi   1.   Burn and destroy the crazy stuff. Good work. About time 16:39  |  Jo 06/07/08   2.   Is it ever simple in Israel? 18:17  |  Eric WIlson 06/07/08   3.   Excellent Job! Well Done! 18:49  |  DAT 06/07/08   4.   Drug Culture 20:47  |  Joe 06/07/08   5.   And what will the Haaretz staff do now? 21:32  |  Andreas 06/07/08   6.   Supply meets demand 22:10  |  Realist 06/07/08   7.   #5 Andreas What will Haaretz staff do now? 00:09  |  H 07/07/08

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