{"id":139464,"date":"2026-07-24T20:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=139464"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:28:12","slug":"jordan-foils-drug-smuggling-attempt-using-guided-balloons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt using guided balloons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press)<\/strong> \u2013 The Jordanian army announced on Friday that it had thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics into the country using guided balloons along the country\u2019s eastern frontier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, the Jordanian Armed Forces said the Eastern Military Region detected guided balloons carrying a large quantity of narcotics within its area of responsibility before dawn on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the statement, Border Guard units engaged the balloons and successfully brought them down along with their payload inside Jordanian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military said the operation was carried out in coordination with Jordan\u2019s security agencies and the Anti-Narcotics Department. The seized materials were transferred to the relevant authorities to complete legal procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement did not disclose the quantity or type of narcotics seized, nor did it identify those responsible for the attempted smuggling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jordan has repeatedly announced the interception of drug smuggling attempts along its borders, particularly on the frontier with Syria, where authorities have reported the use of various methods to transport narcotics into the kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Atoun Jan<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Jordanian army announced on Friday that it had thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics into the country using guided balloons along the country\u2019s eastern frontier. In a statement, the Jordanian Armed Forces said the Eastern Military Region detected guided balloons carrying a large quantity of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":139465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,39,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-home","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt using guided balloons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Jordanian army announced on Friday that it had thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics into the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt using guided balloons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Jordanian army announced on Friday that it had thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics into the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-24T20:28:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-24T20:28:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-24-at-5.58.36-PM-750x430-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"semav1\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\"},\"headline\":\"Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt using guided balloons\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-24T20:28:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-24T20:28:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-24-at-5.58.36-PM-750x430-1.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"COMMUNITY\",\"HOME\",\"SYRIA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt using guided balloons\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-24-at-5.58.36-PM-750x430-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-24T20:28:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-24T20:28:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Jordanian army announced on Friday that it had thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics into the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-24-at-5.58.36-PM-750x430-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-24-at-5.58.36-PM-750x430-1.jpeg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":430,\"caption\":\"Jordanian armed forces\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/139464\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt using guided balloons\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"description\":\"North press agency\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"width\":682,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"North press agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NPA.SYR\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NPA_English\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/northpressagency\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\",\"name\":\"semav1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"semav1\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/semav1\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt using guided balloons","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Jordanian army announced on Friday that it had thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics into the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt using guided balloons","og_description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Jordanian army announced on Friday that it had thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics into the","og_url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/","og_site_name":"North press agency","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","article_published_time":"2026-07-24T20:28:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-24T20:28:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-24-at-5.58.36-PM-750x430-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"semav1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NPA_English","twitter_site":"@NPA_English","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"semav1","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/"},"author":{"name":"semav1","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0"},"headline":"Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt using guided balloons","datePublished":"2026-07-24T20:28:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-24T20:28:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/"},"wordCount":186,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-24-at-5.58.36-PM-750x430-1.jpeg","articleSection":["COMMUNITY","HOME","SYRIA"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/","name":"Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt using guided balloons","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-24-at-5.58.36-PM-750x430-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-07-24T20:28:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-24T20:28:12+00:00","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Jordanian army announced on Friday that it had thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics into the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-24-at-5.58.36-PM-750x430-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-24-at-5.58.36-PM-750x430-1.jpeg","width":750,"height":430,"caption":"Jordanian armed forces"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139464\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt using guided balloons"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","name":"North press agency","description":"North press agency","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"North press agency","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","width":682,"height":388,"caption":"North press agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/NPA_English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northpressagency\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0","name":"semav1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"semav1"},"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/author\/semav1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139466,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139464\/revisions\/139466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}