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The Israel army and Police have thwarted the smuggling of 13 weapons in the Arava region of southern Israel following an undercover investigation that took place in recent months, jpost reported.

During the night, military observers in cooperation with a Magen unit of the Israel Police’s Southern District identified two suspects who attempted to smuggle weapons from Jordan into the area of the Yoav Regional Brigade (80th Division).

Troops from the division’s Caracal Battalion accompanied by Israel Police officers and helicopters rushed to the spot near Neot HaKikar and arrested the two suspects who were carrying out the smuggling at the border and one suspect involved in planning it who was nearby.

Forces also confiscated three bags containing five M16 rifles, seven pistols and a Kalashnikov weapon, as reported by jpost.

The suspects all residents of the Dimona area in their 20s and 30s were transferred for further investigation by the Israel Police’s Magen Unit.

“The Israel Police and the IDF will continue to work to maintain the security of the State of Israel and to prevent the smuggling of drugs and weapons, which promotes crime in the Negev and terror attacks in Judea and Samaria to harm civilians,” the police said in a statement.

According to Chief Superintendent Ronen Kalfon, commander of the Magen unit, over 140 weapons have been seized since the beginning of the year.