Border Police arrested two suspects who tried to smuggle 38,360 cigarette packs and 350 kilograms of tobacco from Israeli territory.
The suspects, residents of Jerusalem and Israeli Barta'a, were taken to the Tax Authority for questioning.
Barta'a is a town in Israel and the Palestinian Authority that straddles both sides of the "Green Line" in the Wadi Ara (or Nahal 'Iron) region.
Western Barta'a is in the Haifa District of Israel, and forms part of the Basma local council. Its 4,700 residents are Arab citizens of Israel.
Eastern Barta'a is in the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the Jenin Governorate of Samaria in what was designated under the Oslo Accords as Area C. It has 3,600 residents, of whom 30-40 percent carry Israeli identity cards and the rest of whom carry PA identity cards.