AMMAN — The Iraqi General Customs Authority has opened an investigation and
referred several people to the authorities following Jordan’s seizure of a
large shipment of Captagon pills at the Iraqi-Jordanian border crossing on
Sunday.
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Jordan
Customs Department cadres working at the Al-Karamah border crossing on Sunday
confiscated
6 million Captagon pills —
the equivalent of around 1,000kg — in what is believed to be one of the
Kingdom’s largest drug seizures to date.
Khaberni
reported that the Iraqi authorities, in response to the seizure, have suspended
the director of customs in the Iraqi border town of Trebil, where the crossing
is located, and referred him and six other employees to the authorities for
investigation on charges of negligence at work.
A
committee was also formed to investigate the incident, according to a decision
issued by the assistant director-general of the Iraqi customs authority.
The
decision also called for appropriate legal measures to be taken against the
company responsible for the shipment.
A
‘professional’ jobThe
pills had been smuggled inside a shipment of date paste within two refrigerated
trucks.
As of 11pm on Monday, the Operations and Control Directorate had received 17,000 calls and reports from citizens.
"A
close inspection of two trucks carrying foreign plates coming from a
neighboring country revealed the Captagon pills professionally concealed inside
the date paste within a shipment of date cartons," the Jordan Customs
Department said in a statement.
Captagon,
an amphetamine stimulant, is addictive and can cause severe health and
psychological problems that may end in death. It is prohibited internationally
but has a large illegal market in the Middle East.
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