The main suspicion at this stage is that Benjamin was assisting his accomplice in a particularly sensitive investigation.
Assistant Chief My name is Benjaminchapter lahav 433will return to his post next Sunday despite an ongoing investigation into alleged breach of trust and abuse of power, Israeli police said on Thursday.
Earlier this month, the Justice Department's Office of Internal Police Investigations detained Binyamin for questioning under caution.
The main suspicion at this stage is that Benjamin was assisting his accomplice in a particularly sensitive investigation. Following the incident, the Police Commissioner appointed Deputy Superintendent Eli Makmel, head of the National Fraud Investigation Unit, as acting chief.
Benjamin started his career in Border Policelater transferred to the Israel Police, where he created and headed the Yoav unit. During his career, he served as commander of the Golan and Migdal HaEmek stations, as well as the operations officer of the Northern District.
ISRAELI POLICE conducts high-level investigations through Lahav 433, the national “FBI” headquartered in this building in Lod. (credit: WIKIPEDIA)
He led one of Yamar North's largest investigations, Operation Ocean, which lasted about a year and resulted in the largest number of arrests and large-scale weapons seizures.
Ben-Gvir publicly supports Benjamin's right to the presumption of innocence.
Secretary of Homeland Security Itamar Ben-Real (Otzma Yehudit), who had previously promoted Benjamin to a senior police position, expressed his support, emphasizing Benjamin's right to the presumption of innocence.
As head of Lahav 433, Benjamin led an investigation into corruption in the Histadrut labor federation earlier this month.
Sarah Ben-Nun and The Jerusalem Post staff contributed to this report.
