Israel Bong Raid Nets 15,000 Pipes

JERUSALEM — Israeli police say they have seized thousands of marijuana water pipes in a raid on a factory in northern Israel.

Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says police entered the building in Haifa this week and confiscated 15,000 bongs that were planned for distribution. He says the factory's 60-year-old owner was arrested.

Pipes and other drug paraphernalia are a common sight at Israeli kiosks. But Rosenfeld said Thursday that these items were banned a few weeks ago and police are cracking down.

The majority of marijuana is smuggled into Israel by Bedouin across the porous border with Egypt. The rest comes from Gaza and Lebanon, though these routes are less common due to recent hostilities.

Comments

[chaos4700]

Too bad. Maybe if more Israelis were stoned they wouldn't have the energy to shoot at Palestinian children or steer a bulldozer properly to raze a Palestinian home or farm.

[RobBre]

It's the same in Australia mate.

[winningticket]

Boy that ought to make Israel more secure (sarcasm intended).

[Joethepauper]

Yeah, don't concentrate your efforts on finding weapons and people hell-bent on your destruction, focus the limited resources of the recession on the global war on flowers. Make sure those dangerous flower smokers can't continue to sit on thier couch playing video games and eating cheetos when they could be fighting wars for you.

[sisterdebmac]

Even in Israel, the cops have nothing better to do? Sad.

[discourse jockey]

I'd lol, but you're right it's sad. Politicians in the developed nations criminalize everything even remotely related to harmless drug use as if we didn't have enough real criminals to go after.

[zenwhenicanbe2]

great work guys that'll show em. ?????????????????????

[fbr79]

Peace through ganja. Free the pipes!

[AKJM]

Second. Seriously, second.