The Palestine police believe they have succeeded in breaking up a Hashish smuggling ring with an arrest made at Jisr.
A driver was arrested at Jisr when 30 pounds of hashish were found concealed in his tool box. It is believed that a systematic smuggling of hashish had been going on from Syria.
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