Jordan drops a march laden with drugs coming from Syria
The Jordanian army announced, on Monday, that it had shot down a drone loaded with narcotic substances that came from Syria, in an area located on its northern borders, in the third such incident in the past few weeks. An official military source in the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces said, “The Border Guard forces, in coordination with the military security services and the Anti-Narcotics Department, detected an attempt to illegally cross the border from Syrian territory to Jordanian territory, and it was shot down inside Jordanian territory.” He added that after the plane was shot down, it was found that it was carrying two kilograms of crystal.
A Jordanian-Syrian meeting to discuss drug smuggling
- On Sunday, a joint Jordanian-Syrian committee held its first meeting in Amman to discuss combating drug smuggling across the border between the two countries, the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement.
- The committee discussed “cooperation in confronting the danger of drugs, the sources of its production and smuggling, and the parties that organize, manage and carry out smuggling operations across the borders to Jordan.
- ” It also discussed “the necessary measures to combat smuggling operations, and confront this escalating danger to the entire region.”
War on drugs
- The Jordanian army announces from time to time that it has thwarted smuggling of weapons and drugs, especially Captagon pills, from Syria to the Kingdom.
- These smuggling attempts have become organized, and drones are sometimes used, and they are protected by armed groups, which prompted Jordan to use the air force several times to thwart them.
- On February 17 of last year, the Jordanian army announced that the Jordanian authorities had thwarted, within about 45 days in early 2022, the entry of more than 16 million Captagon pills, equivalent to the quantity that was seized throughout the year 2021, across the border that extends about 375 kilometers.
- The Kingdom asserts that 85 percent of the drugs seized are intended for smuggling out of Jordan.
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