Report: Turkish nationals charged over plot to smuggle firearms into Israel

Three Turkish nationals were charged in Nazareth with plotting to smuggle pistols from Iran into Israel through Jordan, with one of the three accused of "aiding terror", Israeli media have reported. 

A report in the Jerusalem Post said the three Turkish residents, Oktay Asci, Rahman Gokyer and Yunus Ozel, were indicted on charges of weapons smuggling and infiltration into Israel after they had been deported. 

All three have been detained until the termination of legal proceedings against them.

According to the indictment, Asci, Gokyer and Ozel had planned to manage a gun-smuggling route from Turkey to Israel via Jordan.

They were arrested last month after illegally crossing the border near Kibbutz Sha’ar Hagolan.