The Israeli army spokesman, Avichay‏ ‏Adraee, said in a tweet via his account on Twitter: “The Israeli army thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons and drugs on the Lebanese border, as the army’s surveys yesterday spotted a number of suspects in the western sector of the border, who were transporting bags from inside Lebanon to Israel, and the forces pursued the suspects and arrested the Israeli ones.”

Adraei revealed that “during the arrest process, 15 pistols, 36 kilograms of hashish and dozens of boxes of ammunition, worth about two million shekels, were seized,” noting that “the Israeli army is examining whether Hezbollah provided assistance to the smuggling attempt, and our forces are making widely efforts in confronting the phenomenon of drug and weapons smuggling on the Lebanese borders”.

خلال عملية الاعتقال تم القبض على 15 مسدس و 36 كيلوغرام من الحشيش وعشرات الصناديق للذخيرة بقيمة نحو ميليونيْ شيقل.

يفحص جيش الدفاع فيما اذا كان #حزب_الله الإرهابي قدم مساعدة لمحاولة التهريب.

تبذل قواتنا جهودًا واسعة في مواجهة ظاهرة تهريب المخدرات والأسلحة على الحدود اللبنانية pic.twitter.com/x5j3HYiS5S

— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) June 3, 2021