Criminology and Psychology

Three suspects are in custody, police said, naming Hezi Serbero, 57, the notorious smuggling ringleader who served a previous seven year prison sentence for attempting to smuggle ecstasy pills out of Holland, Mordechai Hirsch, 67, and sea vessel company owner Moshe Keder, 81, described by police as their oldest drug smuggler in custody to date. Keder was the owner of the tugboat which set sail around the globe, with police agents following close behind. After following a renovated tugboat packed with anywhere between seven to ten tons of Moroccan hashish around three continents for over than a year, Tel Aviv police undercover agents working with their British counterparts made the largest narcotics bust in Israeli policing history Friday, raiding the boat and arresting the Israeli drug smuggling cartel, as well as British nationals in the English port city of Southampton. The tugboat packed with Moroccan hashish. "The operation began a year and a half ago, when we received intelli...