The Israel Police arrested a doctor from Bat Yam on suspicion of attempting to smuggle some 5,000 blank ammunition rounds.
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The 60-year-old doctor, working as a physician at Edith Wolfson Medical Center in Holon in central Israel, was arrested Saturday night during a covert operation after officers identified suspicious suitcases that had arrived in Israel from Georgia.
During the bust, dozens of boxes of ammunition were found in the suitcases, leading to the arrest of the physician for further investigation. The findings were handed over to the forensic identification laboratories for examination.
Following the conclusion of the investigation, the physician was released to her home under restrictive conditions. And on Sunday, the Magistrate's Court in Rishon LeZion extended her alternative house arrest until next Tuesday. The investigation is ongoing, according to police.