Fervently Orthodox Jews served as couriers for an international drug ring that operated in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Israel and the United States, according to Israeli police. A fervently Orthodox man recruited young religious Jews to smuggle the drug ecstasy, the police added Tuesday. Some 49 suspects, of whom 24 were Israelis, were arrested in Holland and Israel for alleged connection with the ring.
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