Smuggling

Training border guards for both terror and smuggling security issues poses difficulties.

The cocaine was smuggled into Israel in 140 liters of bottles worth tens of millions of shekels.

The drugs had a street value of approximately five million NIS (approximately $1,392,963.30 USD.)

There are indications that the Egyptian police officer was quietly a radical jihadist who was using his position to stage a terror attack, meaning this was likely a fluke.

An officer in the IDF reserves told shocking stories about the situation on the Israeli-Egyptian border and the IDF's inability to control it.

Having welcomed back Assad, Arab states want him to curb a flourishing Syrian trade in narcotics, which are produced in Syria and smuggled across the region.

The last weeks have seen several thwarted smuggling attempts from Egypt.

Snake smuggling has been a repeated issue at Ben-Gurion Airport.

"Incarcerating foreign nationals costs Hungarian prisons billions of forints each year," the BvOP press office said in its emailed reply.

The animals were found held in violation of the law, in conditions deemed to be "ignominious," police said. He was also missing a permit for the possession and trade of pythons.