Amman, Jordan–Jordanian security forces have scuttled an attempt to smuggle narcotics from Syrian territories to Jordan.
According to the Jordan News Agency, Petra, the border guards, in coordination with the Anti-Narcotics Department and other military apparatuses, thwarted an attempt by a group of smugglers who tried to cross the Syrian-Jordanian border.
The military personnel engaged with the smugglers who sustained injuries and the others were forced to retreat back to Syria.
They confiscated 63,000 captagon pills and 588 palm-sized sheets of hashish.
Jordan has said that it would respond with full force to any threats to the kingdom’s borders and the country’s security and stability.
On June 13, the Jordanian forces were successful in downing a drone carrying narcotics coming from Syria.
Over the past years, the Syrian-Jordanian border has witnessed continuous smuggling of narcotics into Jordanian territory, as the Jordanian army periodically announces the seizure of quantities of captagon pills and other drugs.
Several international reports, headed by the US Department of Treasury, accuse the Syrian government and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia of running large drug trafficking networks in this border area, as well as other Syrian regions.
In November last year, Jordan seized a big haul of drugs being smuggled into the kingdom from Syria in two different attempts.
Border guards at the Jaber border crossing, Jordan’s main border crossing with Syria, 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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