A serving regional council head in southern Israel has been arrested on charges including bribery and fraud, alongside six other suspects, in a police raid on Monday morning, Israel Police announced.
Officers from Lahav 433, alongside Southern District police officers, fighters from the Border Police, and fighters of the Gideonim 33 unit, participated in the morning raid.
Charges against the seven arrested individuals, who include the regional council head and some of his family members, involve bribery offenses, tender rigging, fraud, and fictitious employment, according to a statement released by the Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit.
The raid was launched after a months-long undercover investigation by Lahav 433 in…
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