Suspicion: An illegal resident from Jericho posed as an assistant to the Shabak

Jaffa police officers conducted an investigation this week into an unusual case in which an illegal resident from Jericho stayed in an apartment in Jaffa and posed as an assistant to the Shabak.

As part of an operative, intelligence activity, the detectives of the local station conducted a search of the apartment, where it is suspected that an illegal resident was found. When the detectives entered the apartment and asked the aforementioned suspect to identify himself, he produced a certificate of an alleged Shabak assistant. The detectives arrested the suspect and took him to the station for questioning.

With the conclusion of the investigation at the Jaffa station, this week the prosecution unit of the Tel Aviv District Police filed an indictment against the suspect and a request for detention until the end of the proceedings.