Two Arrested for Violent Robbery and Pepper Spray Attack in Central Tel Aviv
Two Jaljulia residents in their twenties were arrested in Tel Aviv for allegedly robbing a man of tens of thousands of shekels using pepper spray. Police recovered the cash.
Two young men in their twenties, residents of Jaljulia, were arrested overnight on suspicion of robbing tens of thousands of shekels from a victim in central Tel Aviv, using violence and pepper spray. The suspects fled the scene on foot but were tracked down by police near Ibn Gabirol Street, in possession of tens of thousands of-shekels in cash believed to be the stolen money.
The incident occurred during the night when police received a report of a violent robbery in central Tel Aviv. According to the suspicion, the two suspects attacked the victim, sprayed pepper spray at him, and stole tens of thousands of shekels before fleeing on foot.
Following the report, officers from the Lev Tel Aviv station launched searches to locate the suspects. During the patrols, officers spotted two young men near Ibn Gabirol Street.
A search conducted on the two revealed a total sum of tens of thousands of shekels in cash, suspected to be stolen during the robbery, alongside two mobile phones.
The two suspects were arrested and transferred for questioning at the police station. Later today, they are expected to be brought before the court for a hearing on the police request to extend their remand.
