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| Jordan announces that it downed a drone loaded with narcotics coming from Syria | ||
| 2023-06-14 | ||
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Jordanian army said on Tuesday it downed a drone loaded narcotics that was coming from Syrian territory. A military source of the Jordanian army said, "The officers at the border, in coordination with the military security services and the Anti-Narcotics Department (AND), detected a drone attempting to illegally cross the border from Syrian territory into Jordanian territory, which was shot down inside Jordanian territory." The Jordanian border witnesses regular smuggling attempts, as Jordan’s forces are working to monitor smuggling operations and thwart them. The source added that the drone was carrying 500 grams of crystal meth,
"The Jordanian army will deal firmly with any infiltration or smuggling attempt in order to protect citizens and the security of the Kingdom’s borders," the source noted. Early in May, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi threatens with a military operation inside Syria in case "effective measures" to curb drug smuggling were not taken by the latter. Drug trade is overwhelming southern Syria, as the price of a kilogram of hashish varies between 50.000-75.000 Syrian Pounds (SYP, equals $7-10), and a captagon pill costs only 500 SYP ($0.068). Several international reports, headed by the US Department of the 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. Related: Captagon: 2023-06-07 Jordanian authorities foil a smuggling operation of 67 kilograms of captagon pills on the border with Syria Captagon: 2023-06-06 Drug trade in south Syria used for Assad gov’t extortion, financial gain Captagon: 2023-05-14 The killing of a prominent drug dealer in Syria's Suwayda constituted a new stage in the file of captagon traffickers | ||
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