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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Israel: Cops nab doc suspected in fake permit scheme for medical pot 🌿Israel: Cops nab doc suspected in fake permit scheme for medical pot
Joint undercover operation busts nationwide cannabis ring.
An anesthesiologist took bribes to write false recommendations for medical cannabis for dozens of people, police said Monday, as he and with dozens of other suspects were arrested.
The chief suspect, Dr. Avraham Dotan, is a senior anesthesiologist at Wolfson Hospital in Holon. The 64-year-old doctor’s main alleged accomplice, 36-yearold Moshav Ametz resident Roi Habera, is accused of bringing him patients and brokering the deals.
Police said in court that they had already brought in 40 suspects for questioning on Monday, and that they plan to question as many as 130 people suspected of wrongfully receiving recommendations or of knowing information pertinent to the case.
In Dr. Dotan’s arrest warrant on Monday, police wrote that he is suspected of money laundering, forgery, fraud, drug dealing, bribery, tax crimes and other charges.
Both he and Habera were ordered held for 11 more days...
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