Overview
- Undercover officers observed the main suspect arrive by bicycle at an abandoned Jaffa building and meet an accomplice before making the arrests.
- Police say the main suspect impersonated a Wolt courier to enter buildings and remove mezuzahs without raising suspicion.
- Items recovered at the scene reportedly connect the pair to multiple removals across Jaffa and nearby Bat Yam.
- The operation followed weeks of resident reports that triggered a covert investigation using technological and intelligence methods.
- Both suspects were taken to the Jaffa investigations unit for questioning, with a decision pending on seeking a Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court detention extension.