Two Arab residents of Samaria were arrested over the weekend for attempting to smuggle weapons. The first was arrested on Saturday morning near Kalkilya when border police found a gun on his person during a routine search. The gun was confiscated and the man was taken to a nearby police station.
A second man was arrested in the afternoon at a checkpoint north of Shechem. IDF soldiers found two long knives during a routine check. The knives were confiscated and the man was taken to a police station.