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...
Drone strike targeted lawmaker’s home: Libya parliament
The UN-recognized Government of National Unity said the strikes hit "hideouts used by gangs of smugglers in fuel, narcotics and humans" and that they were ordered by interim PM Abdulhamid Dbeibah. But the country's parliament accused the Tripoli-based government of targeting the home of one of its lawmakers Ali Bouzribah,...
Syria impounds bowls made out of 24 kilos of captagon
Syria has impounded 24 kilograms of captagon crushed and made to look like hummus bowls in one of the bizarre cases of the thwarted trafficking attempt. The drug had been crushed and the resulting paste was used to make “pottery-like dishes coated with a brown adhesive”, the interior ministry said.Graft, security issues feed trade in Iraq’s past
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