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Elite unit soldiers arrested for smoking drugs
Ynet learns that four combat soldiers arrested following Military Police investigation. Drugs and drug paraphernalia are seized at residence of one of them
Four combat soldiers in the elite Egoz unit who were in the full swing of their training were arrested recently for alleged drug use. Ynet learned that some of the soldiers are even suspected of having used drugs during training held on firing ranges.
The Military Advocacy is expected on Thursday to issue an indictment against the four soldiers and a request that their remand be extended until the end of proceedings against them.
Investigation of the affair was kicked of following intelligence information that reached the Military Police indicating that soldiers in the unit used drugs at various junctures. Based on this information, one of the soldiers was arrested. He confessed. His investigation cast doubt on two other soldiers with whom he used to use drugs. When these two were arrested, they indicated an additional, fourth soldier.
The work done by the criminal investigation department of the Military Police revealed that the four soldiers allegedly used drugs during August and September of this year. In one of the instances, the soldiers smoked marijuana on the Shraga military base in the north. Two of the soldiers are suspected of using the drug in a firing zone in the north where drills were being performed.
During a raid of one of the soldier's homes, drugs and various paraphernalia were seized.
The Military Advocacy is expected to issue indictments on Thursday against three of the soldiers. As for the fourth, a hearing will be held before a decision is made on how to proceed. A military official said to Ynet that the IDF uses a firm hand when dealing with drug use among soldiers.
