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American-born Israeli woman, 26, sentenced 7.5 years in Russia for 9 grams of cannabis in luggage
Fox News ^ | 13 Oct 2019 | Talia Kaplan

Posted on 10/13/2019 7:03:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

A 26-year-old woman with dual American and Israeli citizenship who has been jailed in Russia since April after authorities allegedly found nine grams of cannabis in her luggage, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison, her sister said.

Naama Issachar's sister, Liad Gold, told Fox News on Sunday that her sister was sentenced Friday and the family has reached out to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for her. She said the prime minister called their mother the day of the sentencing to let her know that he will do everything he can to have her released as soon as possible.

“I feel incredibly terrible and sad and heartbroken for her,” Gold told Fox News. “She is very strong but she won’t survive there much longer.”

Issachar, who was born and raised in Fair Lawn, N.J., and moved to Israel when she was 16, was returning home April 9 after a three-month trip to India, Gold said. Issachar, who has served in the Israeli army, was stopped by police at the Moscow airport as she boarded her connecting flight to Tel Aviv, brought into an interrogation room and was told cannabis had been found in her checked bag.

Issachar said she accidentally left the cannabis in her bag, her sister said. The 26-year-old was initially charged with cannabis possession, but the charge was upgraded in May to smuggling drugs into Russia.

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TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: fairlawn; idiot; israel; liadgold; liberaltarians; libertarians; losertarians; medicalmarijuana; naamaissachar; newjersey; norsetroll; pothead; russia
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1 posted on 10/13/2019 7:03:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Leave your dope at home.

L


2 posted on 10/13/2019 7:07:48 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Never never travel with drugs! I’m sure something can be worked out but she’s fortunate she didn’t do this in Thailand or Malaysia...


3 posted on 10/13/2019 7:09:42 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What a travesty of justice. She’s clearly Not Guilty!


4 posted on 10/13/2019 7:10:07 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So. Actions have consequences. No sympathy.


5 posted on 10/13/2019 7:10:18 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Another stupid pothead.
World is full of them.


6 posted on 10/13/2019 7:11:04 PM PDT by tennmountainman (Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: Lurker

And the problem is? There is a stupid campaign in Israel to bring her home as if she is a sort of political prisoner which she is not.
Different countries has different laws and Russian policies towards drugs aren’t particularly a big secret.


7 posted on 10/13/2019 7:12:22 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: tennmountainman

9 grams? Isn’t that about 9 bags?


8 posted on 10/13/2019 7:13:15 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I don’t think it’s a large haul. Personal use most likely.

Very foolish, she should know better. Yikes.


9 posted on 10/13/2019 7:16:00 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Don’t have a clue as to weights of drugs to volumes.


10 posted on 10/13/2019 7:16:33 PM PDT by tennmountainman (Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“ 9 grams? Isn’t that about 9 bags?”

About 1/3 of an ounce. A small baggies worth, or so I remember.

L


11 posted on 10/13/2019 7:20:03 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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WAY harsh, but I have a feeling it will be negotiated and end up being 7 months.

I wish in California these measures would be taken :(. Instead it’s legal. So much 3rd and 2nd hand pot smoke I am privy to just driving the streets.


12 posted on 10/13/2019 7:21:19 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

OH. Netanyahu is getting involved? Then maybe the sentence will be reduced to 7.5 days if that.


13 posted on 10/13/2019 7:22:33 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

9 grams is alot.


14 posted on 10/13/2019 7:23:00 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: DIRTYSECRET

A supply of cannabis over 6 gramms is counted as ‘dealer’s quantity’ per Russian legal practice. Regarding the curcumstances if you are caught for the first time with less than that you get under three years. And if you helped police to catch the dealers it would be suspended sentence. Her stash was too big to get off lightly. She is lucky it wasn’t bath salt, crack or heroin. Would be 20 years in this case.


15 posted on 10/13/2019 7:24:52 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Freedom4US

See post 15.


16 posted on 10/13/2019 7:26:09 PM PDT by NorseViking
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"9 bags"

1 gram = 0.0353 oz

9 x 0.0353 = 0.3177 oz

17 posted on 10/13/2019 7:26:29 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good soldier, silly girl.
At age 26, she should know better.
I’ll pray for her safety and survival.


18 posted on 10/13/2019 7:31:14 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’s a good thing she didn’t go through Turkey on the Midnight Express.


19 posted on 10/13/2019 7:32:05 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I traveled with a bit more in the 70’s. Wouldn’t try it now.


20 posted on 10/13/2019 7:32:06 PM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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