Police officers raided the home of a policeman in the Galilee on Monday where they discovered an illegal cannabis greenhouse, the authorities said.
In addition to the policeman - who will be brought to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court for a hearing on the extension on his remand - six others were also arrested for alleged ties to the illegal cannabis lab.
Police said the officer's involvement in the growing operation was discovered during a months-long undercover investigation in the Israel Police Northern District - at the tail-end of which officers raided several houses in the predominantly Arab local authorities of Deir al-Asad and Kisra, where they discovered two growing labs and seized over 500 marijuana seedlings.
"This is an investigation that is in its infancy and an arrest was made… only this morning,” the police said.
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This latest incident comes weeks after it was first revealed that another police officer serving in the police’s major crimes unit, Lahav 433, was arrested on suspicion of passing on confidential information to criminal organizations.
The officer was released under house arrest last week, after the police failed to substantiate the grave suspicions against him.