Israel Police arrested a 36-year-old man from Sur Bahir on Saturday after he was caught smuggling a weapon into east Jerusalem.
Detectives, Border Police, and patrol officers organized a search and situated a automobile containing a loaded Carlo submachine gun.
In accordance with the police, that they had prior intelligence indicating that an try to smuggle weapons into east Jerusalem from the West Financial institution was set to happen only a few days earlier than the start of Ramadan.
IDF remark troops and the Aerial Management Middle intercepted a drone making an attempt to smuggle three M-16 rifles into Israel on Friday, the navy introduced on Saturday.
The drone, which was recognized as getting into Israeli territory from the west, was situated by troops and found to be carrying rifles.
The weapons had been transferred to safety forces for processing, the IDF said.
Maya Zanger-Nadis, Goldie Katz, and Jerusalem Submit Workers contributed to this report.
