The Jerusalem District Police have handed the criminal investigation into sedatives found in baby fruit puree to the special elite crime unit (YL"P) of the Zion Precinct, after receiving laboratory findings from the Health Ministry. Investigators are pursuing multiple leads in open and covert operations, according to police.
The Jerusalem District Police announced Wednesday that the investigation into sedative contamination of Prinok baby fruit puree has been transferred to the special elite crime unit (YL"P) of the Zion Precinct. The move follows receipt of laboratory test results from the Health Ministry, which now serve as the central evidentiary basis for the ongoing probe. Police said investigators have begun urgent overt and covert operations in multiple directions to trace the source of the drugs and how they were introduced into the products, while maintaining close cooperation with Health Ministry experts. The case, which hospitalized several infants from the Jerusalem area in recent days, is being investigated on suspicion of intentional harm. As The Zioneer reported, earlier on Wednesday the Shin Bet security agency was reported to have joined the investigation, though the agency itself denied involvement at this stage. Police have not specified whether a nationalist motive is being examined, but earlier reports indicated that both police and Shin Bet were probing that angle.
3 developments
- StrongShin Bet joins investigation into anesthetics in Prinok baby puree, agency denies involvement
- DevelopingTwo more children hospitalized in Prinok puree affair; police, Shin Bet probe 'nationalist motive'
- StrongHealth Ministry expands Prinok puree recall — anesthetics clonazepam, lorazepam found in second batch
- StrongHadassah ER director details infant sedative poisoning — four toddlers hospitalized Thursday
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