Smuggling

Rafah border crossing to reopen next week with Israeli oversight, advanced screening

Israel plans to oversee the Rafah border reopening next week, using remote monitoring and advanced screening to prevent weapons smuggling while ensuring security for travelers.

 Military personnel stand guard on the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, October 31, 2023
 View of a new security drone in Efrat, in the West Bank

Weapons smuggling via drones poses a threatening new reality for Israel - analysis

Migrants try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on September 27, 2025; illustrative.

Migrants share tutorials for human smuggling on social media - report

Israeli Police found mid-20s man attempting to smuggle weapons in Negev region. January, 18.

Negev police chase ends in death of suspected weapons smuggler, Israeli Police say


Israeli authorities foil smuggling attempt of unsafe beef, pork fat worth over NIS 1 million

While pork fat has long been used in cosmetics, the products in the seized shipment did not meet the necessary safety standards for food-grade items.

Ashdod Port

UAE police unveils drug smuggling network involving Canada, Spain, seizes 131KG of narcotics

According to UAE officials, 131 kilograms of narcotics and psychotropic substances were seized by the police on their way to the UAE from Toronto, Canada.

 A man and his wife arranged a drug smuggling operation in the UAE.

Drones increasingly being used to smuggle items from Sinai to Gaza - report

The context surrounding the smuggling into Gaza, however, may not be a surprise.

 Sunrise is seen from the summit of Mount Sinai in Egypt.

Two Israelis arrested by police after returning from Syria with Kalashnikov rifles

This comes after Israeli Druze civilians crossed from Israel into Syria in solidarity with their brethren amid violent clashes with Damascus security forces, particularly in Sweida.

 A Kalashnikov and magazine seized by Israel Police at the Israel-Syrian border, July 17, 2025.

IDF 'Alpine' Unit raids Syrian Assad-era command posts to prevent weapons smuggling

Reservists of the IDF's 810th Brigade have uncovered command posts, over three tons of ammunition leftover from Assad's regime on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon.

Weapons located and confiscated in the area

Pakistan confiscates 18 illegal lions after one escapes, attacks woman and children

Pakistani authorities confiscated the lions that were kept as pets illegally after one of them escaped and attacked a woman and two children in the country's Punjab province.

 A lion roars inside its enclosure at a zoo in Peshawar, Pakistan December 13, 2021.

Turtle illegally smuggled onto El Al plane escapes, bites another passenger

The turtle was eventually captured by the flight crew and placed in a safe crate until the plane landed in Israel. 

Turtle illegally smuggled from US escapes on plane, bites passenger.

Israel Police detain Palestinian for attempting to smuggle vehicle parts into Jordan

A further investigation raised suspicions that the suspect had received stolen electric vehicles and attempted to obscure the vehicle identification numbers.

 Stolen car parts seized after a criminal attempted to smuggle them from Israel into Jordan.

Suspect arrested at Ben-Gurion Airport for smuggling gold worth NIS 1.5 million

Sherif Ravi, a resident of Beit Hanina in Jerusalem, had returned to Israel from Dubai through Ben-Gurion Airport and tried to bring the gold into the country without declaring it.

 Travelers seen at the arrival hall of Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, on April 11, 2018

Syria, Turkey seize nine million captagon pills in joint operation

Roughly 5 million of the pills had already been smuggled into Turkey, while the rest were intended for further distribution.

One of the Captagon laboratories which was discovered near the town of Yafour on the Syrian-Lebanese border, December 23, 2024