Border Guards and Israel Defense Forces soldiers have arrested a suspected arms dealer in the Palestinian Authority in possession of an M-16 assault-rifle part.
Intelligence information collected by the Israel Police led the stopping of a vehicle in which the suspect was traveling, together with two other suspects, from the Samarian PA town of Tulkarem to Shechem in order to transfer weapons. The barrel of an M-16 was found and the three suspects, residents of Tulkarem and Qalqiliya in their 20-40s, were detained for further investigation by the Israel Police.