Appeal hearing of Israeli-American jailed in Russia for drug trafficking begins Israeli-American Naama Issachar, jailed for drug smuggling, attends her appeal hearing at the Moscow Regional Court. Naama Issachar was arrested in Russia in April 2019 for possession of nine grams of cannabis in her baggage when she was transiting in Moscow between India and Israel. She was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for trafficking and possession of the drug. IMAGES