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Jordan makes two big seizures of captagon pills on Syrian border

A Jordanian soldier patrols the Syrian border. (AFP)
  • Border guards at the Jaber border crossing, Jordan’s main border crossing with Syria, on Sunday seized 10,000 Captagon pills and 1 kg of crystal meth hidden inside a truck
  • A day earlier the Eastern Military Zone in Jordan seized 564 palm-sized sheets of hashish, 20,000 Captagon pills, a Kalashnikov rifle and ammunition

Amman, Jordan— Jordan has seized a big haul of drugs being smuggled into the kingdom from Syria in two different attempts.

According to Jordan News Agency the country’s security forces have foiled two attempts to smuggle large quantities of drugs from Syria in two days.

Border guards at the Jaber border crossing, Jordan’s main border crossing with Syria, on Sunday seized 10,000 Captagon pills and 1 kg of crystal meth hidden inside a truck.

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A day earlier the Eastern Military Zone in Jordan seized 564 palm-sized sheets of hashish, 20,000 Captagon pills, a Kalashnikov rifle and ammunition.

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A source at the Jordanian Armed Forces General Command said frontline surveillance patrols, in coordination with security agencies, tracked an armed group of smugglers illegally crossing into the kingdom from Syria.

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Response patrols acted swiftly and applied rules of engagement. Having injured a smuggler, they forced the others to flee into Syrian territory, the source said, adding that the JAF will continue to deal firmly with any border threats, and will foil any efforts to undermine and destabilize Jordan’s security.