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Title: French consulate worker arrested at Israeli border with 334 pounds of gold and $2 million in checks
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URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/ ... -gold-and-2-million-in-checks/
Published: Sep 8, 2013
Author: staff
Post Date: 2013-09-08 17:34:47 by Horse
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Israeli customs officials on Tuesday arrested a French consulate employee carrying nearly $2 million in checks, 152 kg in gold bars — about 334 pounds — and a half ton of tobacco as he tried to cross between Jordan and the West Bank in a diplomatic vehicle, a French source confirmed to FRANCE 24. More than 150kg of gold, mainly in solid bars, were found in the diplomatic vehicle. Intrigued by the smell of tobacco, Israeli officials asked the man if they could search his car. He refused, explaining that his diplomatic plates were registered at the French consulate in Jerusalem and that he possessed a service passport – an official document issued by the French authorities that indicates he is a member of the consular staff but which does not serve as a diplomatic passport. A hidden treasure Faced with more questions and increasing pressure, the man grew nervous and asked to be allowed to turn around and return to Jordan. The officials refused and called their superiors, who alerted the French consulate. The ambassador was away, so his deputy took the case. While the diplomat told the young driver that he was probably right in refusing a search, he insisted it would be in his best interests to obey the custom officials’ orders, whereupon the man informed the consular official that what he was carrying wasn’t “insignificant”. The diplomat, realising that the situation was becoming increasingly complicated, alerted the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Paris. Hundreds of brand new cell phones were also found and seized. The ministry’s advice was to allow the vehicle to be searched to avoid giving the impression that there was a coverup. The driver eventually complied, revealing 152 kg of gold, mostly in bars; 500 kg of tobacco; hundreds of new cell phones; and nearly $2 million in checks. Deported back to France The Israeli police arrested the man, who was in charge of the consulate’s garage, questioned him and quickly deported him to France. Now back on French soil, it is still unclear whether or not the driver was arrested by French police. In an interview with FRANCE 24, Vincent Floriani, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, said the driver was travelling on his own account, privately, and not on behalf of the embassy. He insisted that the French and Israeli authorities had cooperated fully. “We have absolutely no tolerance for this kind of behaviour,” he said. The case, however, could harm the reputation of the French consulate in Jerusalem, which some Israelis already call “the embassy of France in Palestine”.
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#1. To: Horse (#0)
Bizarre enough, but, somehow not surprising. The wheels are falling off the world's wagon... “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
That is quite a haul. It seems that the Frogs have their hands full with this one. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
I think the French Jews are trying to hide their wealth from a 102% tax rate.
The Truth of 911 Shall Set You Free From The Lie
Well, I guess they have to get their cash from someplace. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Did Israel keep it?? Of course they did......
#2. To: Horse (#0)
The driver eventually complied, revealing 152 kg of gold, mostly in bars; 500 kg of tobacco; hundreds of new cell phones; and nearly $2 million in checks.
#3. To: BTP Holdings, Lod (#2)
#4. To: Horse (#3)
(Edited)
I think the French Jews are trying to hide their wealth from a 102% tax rate.
#5. To: Horse (#0)
152 kg of gold, mostly in bars; 500 kg of tobacco; hundreds of new cell phones; and nearly $2 million in checks.
-Alex Kurtagic
#6. To: Horse (#0)
The guy, altho he is not named, is almost certainly not a Jew. The French have lousy relationships with Israel and that's been the case for a least a decade. In fact, the lousiness of that relationship is possibly one reason why the Israeli border patrol took such an intense interest in this guy's vehicle.
#7. To: Horse (#0)
I don't think I'd want to be the guy who lost somebody's 152kg of gold.
"If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition, and comes to me with his last news from Barbados, why should I not say to him, 'Go love thy infant; love thy wood-chopper: be good-natured and modest; have that grace; and never varnish your hard, uncharitable ambition with this incredible tenderness for black folk a thousand miles off. Thy love afar is spite at home.'"
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
#8. To: Shoonra (#6)
And you know this how? Osmosis? Your prodigious psychoceramic capabilities? The guy, altho he is not named, is almost certainly not a Jew.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#9. To: Shoonra (#6)
Ah ,so you admit jews a prejudicial SOBs that disparage the merit of the individual if he or she be the wrong nationality. Wouda thunk it? In fact, the lousiness of that relationship is possibly one reason why the Israeli border patrol took such an intense interest in this guy's vehicle.
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#10. To: Original_Intent (#8) (Edited)
Because France has a lousy relationship with Israel, I think it very likely that French embassy in Israel has no Jews in sensitive positions, or perhaps any positions. They certainly wouldn't have a Jew working in their Jordan embassy, and I doubt that, if they had Jewish employees in Israel, they'd send one of them into Jordan. Israel is keenly aware of the French favoritism for the Arabs and I am sure that the Israel border patrol was 'extra-conscientious' about examining the French vehicle coming from Jordan. Here's an article from a French news source: www.france24.com/en/20130...sulate-employee-arrested- goods- smuggling-gold-tobacco-cell-phones-checks-jordan-west-bank? ns_campaign=editorial&ns_source=FB&ns_mchannel=reseaux_sociaux&ns_fee=0&ns_linkn ame=20130906_france_israel_consulate_employee_arrested_goods Oddly enough, I cannot seem to find this story in French newspapers.
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