Two Israelis arrested in the Dominican Republic with 16 packages of cocaine in their suitcases

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Two Israelis aged 38 were arrested in the Dominican Republic after attempting to board a flight to Frankfurt. Sixteen packages suspected to be cocaine were found in their suitcases.

The suspicion is that an international organization recruited the two as couriers to smuggle the drugs into Europe. According to the suspicion, the drugs were hidden inside the suitcases in dozens of packages.

In addition to the two Israelis arrested at the airport, another Israeli was arrested in the Dominican Republic in the same incident, and the three are suspected of concealing cocaine in suitcases.