Two Israelis arrested for suspected espionage were caught "red-handed," Israel Police Chief Inspector Yossi Elkarif recounted Thursday.
"They were completing a mission they had been given by their Iranian handler - a photography mission," he said, adding that they were apprehended in a hotel in the Tel Aviv area.
Elkarif, an Investigations Commander in Israel Police's Yachbal unit, which is part of National Crime Unit 433, described the joint work of Israel's police and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), saying that intelligence and evidence flow between the organizations.
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"They were completing a mission they had been given by their Iranian handler - a photography mission," he said, adding that they were apprehended in a hotel in the Tel Aviv area.
Elkarif, an Investigations Commander in Israel Police's Yachbal unit, which is part of National Crime Unit 433, described the joint work of Israel's police and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), saying that intelligence and evidence flow between the organizations.
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Police investigator: Israelis caught ‘red-handed’ on espionage mission for Iran
"In a number of the recent cases which have become public, there is involvement of an Iranian handler who is known [to security forces] from other cases."
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