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Criminal Case (Be’er Sheva) 29984-08-16 State of Israel v. Muhammad Zoabi - part 2

August 17, 2017
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Shortly after the soldier left the post, Shadi and Adi arrived at the bunker, broke his lock chain, opened his door, removed metal boxes containing 77 shrapnel grenades, 13 LAU missiles, and the Matador (hereinafter: "the weapons"), and loaded the weapons into the vehicle The military.

The two then closed the door of the bunker and arranged the lock and the chain, so that it looked as if the bunker was locked.

Shadi and Adi drove in the military vehicle to the base gate with the weapons, and on Shadi's orders, the soldiers at the base opened the gate, and Shadi and Adi drove in the direction of Kibbutz Beit Kama.

At the same time, as part of the conspiracy and in order to promote it, the defendant drove from north to south, on Route 6, in a Volkswagen Jetta vehicle, which belonged to him and was registered in the name of his family members, and with others in other vehicles, in order to meet with Shadi and Adi and take the weapons from them.

The two stopped the vehicle at the compound near the Beit Kama interchange, where they met with the defendant and others.  The defendant, Shadi and Adi unloaded the weapons from the van and loaded it into the jet.  Shadi and Adi returned to the base.

The defendant drove back north, with the others, with the weapons in the jet, in order to transfer it to others, and handed over the weapon to a person whose identity is unknown to the accuser.

As part of the conspiracy, the defendants, Shadi and Adi divided the consideration, in an unknown sum, which they received for the weapons.

According to the indictment, in these acts the defendant was an accomplice in a conspiracy to commit a crime, namely breaking into a bunker and stealing weapons, removing weapons from the army' s authority, and dealing in weapons, being an accomplice in the possession and transportation of weapons, dealing in weapons that involve handing over possession of explosive weapons to another, and using a vehicle to commit an offense.

The Response to the Indictment, the Definitions of the Dispute, the Minor Argument and the Preliminary Arguments

  1. As part of the response to the indictment, The defendant confessed to what was stated in the general part of the indictment, Relating to the base, The Bunkers, And the ammunition, and admitted that at the relevant times officer Shadi was responsible for securing the ammunition bunker at the military base, and the defendant's son, Adi, Served as Shadi's driver.

In addition, the defendant confirms in his response to the indictment that Shadi played his part in the theft, and that on the presumed date of the theft (according to the response), Shadi ordered a soldier watching the bunker to be removed from the guard.

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