The Taba Border Crossing between Israel and Egypt. Photo: NYC2TLV via Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – The Israeli military foiled a large-scale drug smuggling attempt along the Egyptian border on Friday night, the IDF reported. Spotters identified several suspects near the border, and Israeli forces alerted to the scene seized some 100 kilograms of narcotics worth an estimated 2 million shekels (about $642,000), the military said in a statement. The last major drug bust reported by Israel on the Egyptian border was in December 2021, when the IDF intercepted a 120-kilogram shipment of marijuana and cocaine worth $650,000 dollars in the...