Former Israel Police commissioner Roni Alsheich was questioned under caution on Friday morning at the Masubim Police Station in central Israel on suspicion of employing an illegal resident from the West Bank.
The man, a resident of the village of Shalosh near Karnei Shomron, was detained last Monday after officers encountered him walking in Givat Shmuel.
During questioning, he said he had been working on a renovation at a semi-detached house in the area and gave investigators the names of two alleged employers, Alsheich and a neighbor.
Alsheich told investigators he did not know the worker and said his neighbor was handling contractors for the renovation. An indictment has already been filed against the illegal resident, while the investigation regarding the former commissioner and his neighbor is ongoing, police said.
Recent enforcement actions
In a separate incident Thursday night in Haifa’s lower city, Coastal District commander Yechiel Bohadana signed a closure order for the “Shawarma Hazan Ford” eatery, where five illegal residents from the West Bank were found working.
The workers and the employer were arrested for questioning. The step follows broader police crackdowns on employers of illegal residents across the country in recent weeks.
Police have stepped up enforcement against businesses suspected of employing or harboring illegal residents, issuing temporary closure orders and arrests in multiple cases. Earlier this month, officers shut several businesses employing more than 50 illegal residents, part of a coordinated operation by Israel Police, Border Police, and local response teams