<p>Border Police officers and police thwarted an attempt to smuggle eight illegal residents who were concealed inside a double-walled compartment in a commercial vehicle. The operation was carried out following intelligence information, during which a suspicious vehicle was stopped at the Ring Road checkpoint.</p><p>According to police, the driver attempted to flee the scene but was apprehended after a short pursuit. A search of the vehicle uncovered a double wall in the rear section, inside which eight suspects, residents of Tulkarm, Nablus, and Jenin, were found hiding in cramped conditions.</p><p>The driver, an Anata resident in his 30s, was arrested on suspicion of transporting and smuggling illegal residents. All of the suspects were taken in for questioning.</p>  | Read More News from Israel