IRAN TRYING TO FLOOD ISRAEL WITH DRUGS?

Israel: Iran targeting us with drugs (JTA)
Israel accused Iran of trying to flood it with drugs via Lebanon.

Yediot Achronot reported Wednesday that Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter, during talks this week with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, warned of the links between terrorism and contraband.

“Drugs are a strategic threat against societies and nations. The war against terror and the war against crime are two sides of the same coin,” he was quoted as telling American officials. “Iran is trying to flood Israel with drugs via Hezbollah.”

A main conduit for such trafficking apparently has been Ghajar, a town straddling the Israeli-Lebanese border that is monitored closely by Hezbollah.

During the recent war in Lebanon, Israeli forces occupied the northern part of Ghajar and have conditioned their departure on tighter security arrangements by U.N. peacekeepers.