Felafel Capers

June 27, 2007 - 2:00 PM by Stephanie

Some say Felafel is Israel’s national food although I beg to differ. Has anyone seen the line outside the Sushi Express lately?

Regardless. Too much of anything is not good. Just ask police assigned to a felafel stake-out that meant their morning, afternoon and evening diet consisted of…you guessed it. Ewww!

The scoop: The police were trying to sting the stand owners; it was being used as a front for cocaine running.

The background: Port authority agents in Germany noticed a suspicious looking package addressed to a Netanya felafel stand. They checked it out and discovered cocaine inside. The Germans notified Israel’s port authority and Israeli police.

The drama: An Israeli agent brought the package to Israel and an undercover agent disguised himself as a postal employee and hand delivered the parcel. Because police figured the goods were going to a 3rd party, mucho officers were enlisted to hang out and eat felafel so as to keep track of the drug whereabouts.

The sting: After a few days on the case of “Operation White Felafel” (i swear that’s what it was called), a 40-year-old perp known to police showed up to claim the goods. Detectives were all over him and he was taken away as was the felafel stand owner who, of course, said he had no idea what was inside the box.

The morale: A crash diet for all. No drugs for criminals. Mwahahahahaaaaa.

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