Army Thwarts Drug Smuggling Attempt Using Remote-Controlled Balloons

Army thwarts drug smuggling attempt using remote-controlled balloons

AMMAN — The Eastern Military Zone's personnel on Saturday thwarted a smuggling attempt, intercepting narcotics that were being transported across the border using remotely controlled balloons, according to an army statement.A military source at the General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces – Arab Army (JAF) said that border guard units, in coordination with military security

Attempt to Smuggle 200,000 Narcotic Pills Foiled at Jaber Border Crossing - Jordan News | Latest News from Jordan, MENA

The Anti-Narcotics Department thwarted an attempt to smuggle 200,000 narcotic pills hidden inside the tire of a cargo vehicle and arrested three individuals involved in the case. They also raided a drug dealer of Arab nationality in the Central Badia region.

A joint intervention between the police and Moroccan customs officers stationed at the border crossing between Ceuta and Morocco has resulted in the intervention of about 4,000 pills carried by a teenager, all attached to the body. The minor went with his father, a Moroccan resident abroad, in a vehicle. Both crossed the pass of Ceuta and when they entered Morocco they were discovered. The intervention took place this afternoon, thus thwarting a…

The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority has frustrated five attempts to smuggle an amount of narcotic amphetamine, amounting to 242,296 pills, which were found hidden in a number of trucks and vehicles coming to the Kingdom through the empty quadrant, the modern vent, and the Al-Durrah port. The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority spokesman Hamoud Al-Warri explained that in the first attempt, the smuggling of 202,570 pills was thwarted in the empty qu…