Israel Police Boast of Arresting 12 Protection Racket Suspects, Release 11 Within a Day

Israel Police release nine of the suspects arrested for conspiring to extort protection money without seeking to extend their remand. Judge rules ‘no investigative activity was conducted, all slogans and general suspicions’

The Israel Police released within a day 11 of the 12 suspects it had arrested for allegedly conspiring to extort protection money in an operation it had recorded and released to the media.