Jordan thwarts smuggling of narcotics heading to Saudi Arabia
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Jordan announced on Wednesday thwarting the smuggling of a large quantity of narcotics heading towards Saudi Arabia.
Jordan’s Public security directorate said in a statement they seized 9.5 million narcotic pills and 143 kilograms of hashish intended to be smuggled through al-Omari border crossing between Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Jordan has experienced numerous attempts at infiltration and smuggling of drugs, mainly originating from Syria and Iraq.
The statement added they managed to arrest members of two gangs, who investigations revealed were linked to regional drug trafficking networks.
After intelligence and operational efforts over a period of two months, the Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) managed to dismantle the operations of the two gangs.
According to investigations conducted by the security authorities, they were able to determine that the two gangs had intended to hide the drugs in heavy construction machinery.
According to the statement, a quantity of narcotics was also found hidden inside a water well in al-Ramtha district.
On May 20, Jordan’s customs announced they thwarted an attempt to smuggle 800,000 captagon pills from Syria at the Jaber border crossing between Syria and Jordan.