The exchange of kisses between prisoners and their visitors is commonplace in Israeli jails. But when the kisser and kissee happened to be two young men, the police guard became suspicious. An investigation disclosed that the affectionate gesture was the means by which the visitor transferred a substantial quantity of hard drugs to his inmate friend.
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