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PSD launches nationwide campaign against drug traffickers, smugglers
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AMMAN —
The Public Security Directorate (PSD) on Sunday launched “qualitative
operations in the northeastern regions of the Kingdom”, carrying out searches
and raids to arrest drug dealers and distributors, and other outlaws, according
to local media outlets. اضافة اعلان
A PSD press statement said that the highly prepared security force operating in the northeastern Badia region comprises members of the Gendarmerie, the Royal Badia Police Command, and the Anti-Narcotics Department, and cooperates with the relevant security directorates and departments.
The PSD had announced that the Anti-Narcotics Department is carrying out this campaign as part of “a new phase of intensified efforts to crack down on drug trafficking, drug pushing, and smuggling activities”, according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
The campaign follows three days of special operations across the Kingdom that netted key narcotic and drugs dealers.
On Friday, the PSD announced it seized about 2 million Captagon pills after raiding a farm belonging to what it described as “an influential figure” in Karak, 80km south of Amman.
Public Security Director Hussein Al-Hawatmeh was quoted in the local media as saying that “the person who owns the farm is an influential person who is a close relative of former political figures”, stressing that “the decision to clamp down on domestic drug (dealers) was taken, and the most professional arm in dealing with this is the PSD”.
Hawatmeh stressed that “the raid on the Karak farm is a declaration of war (on domestic dealers), and a step that enjoys political and security cover that debunks statements by Jordanians and others in the neighborhood who say that our institutions are striving to monitor the Syrian borders, but are relaxed when it comes to potential partners within Jordan’s borders.”
A PSD spokesperson was quoted on Sunday as saying that the Anti-Narcotics Department is adopting “a new set of rules and plans to seize drugs and crack down on drug-related activities”. He called on everyone who engages in such activities to turn themselves in.
On Saturday, the Anti-Narcotics Department said that it had been investigating three important cases for the past few days, adding that a special operations team investigated one particular case after receiving information that a “dangerous person was selling cocaine in Amman, which is rarely circulated in Jordan”.
The team collected information and followed the suspects, until it was able to identify the person involved in selling cocaine.
A tight security plan was prepared to lure the suspect and a special team ambushed the suspect in his vehicle in Amman and arrested him; a quantity of cocaine, 1kg of hashish, and 2,000 narcotic pills were seized, according to a department release, which also said that upon searching the suspect’s house, police found 2.5kg of cocaine and 16kg of hashish, large quantities of narcotics, a quantity of crystal narcotics, and a weapon.
In another case, a security force supported by the special operations team raided a farm in Al-Balqa Governorate after having confirmation that its owner used it to grow marijuana seedlings, according to the PSD. It did not specify when the raid took place.
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A PSD press statement said that the highly prepared security force operating in the northeastern Badia region comprises members of the Gendarmerie, the Royal Badia Police Command, and the Anti-Narcotics Department, and cooperates with the relevant security directorates and departments.
The PSD had announced that the Anti-Narcotics Department is carrying out this campaign as part of “a new phase of intensified efforts to crack down on drug trafficking, drug pushing, and smuggling activities”, according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
The campaign follows three days of special operations across the Kingdom that netted key narcotic and drugs dealers.
On Friday, the PSD announced it seized about 2 million Captagon pills after raiding a farm belonging to what it described as “an influential figure” in Karak, 80km south of Amman.
Public Security Director Hussein Al-Hawatmeh was quoted in the local media as saying that “the person who owns the farm is an influential person who is a close relative of former political figures”, stressing that “the decision to clamp down on domestic drug (dealers) was taken, and the most professional arm in dealing with this is the PSD”.
Hawatmeh stressed that “the raid on the Karak farm is a declaration of war (on domestic dealers), and a step that enjoys political and security cover that debunks statements by Jordanians and others in the neighborhood who say that our institutions are striving to monitor the Syrian borders, but are relaxed when it comes to potential partners within Jordan’s borders.”
A PSD spokesperson was quoted on Sunday as saying that the Anti-Narcotics Department is adopting “a new set of rules and plans to seize drugs and crack down on drug-related activities”. He called on everyone who engages in such activities to turn themselves in.
On Saturday, the Anti-Narcotics Department said that it had been investigating three important cases for the past few days, adding that a special operations team investigated one particular case after receiving information that a “dangerous person was selling cocaine in Amman, which is rarely circulated in Jordan”.
The team collected information and followed the suspects, until it was able to identify the person involved in selling cocaine.
A tight security plan was prepared to lure the suspect and a special team ambushed the suspect in his vehicle in Amman and arrested him; a quantity of cocaine, 1kg of hashish, and 2,000 narcotic pills were seized, according to a department release, which also said that upon searching the suspect’s house, police found 2.5kg of cocaine and 16kg of hashish, large quantities of narcotics, a quantity of crystal narcotics, and a weapon.
In another case, a security force supported by the special operations team raided a farm in Al-Balqa Governorate after having confirmation that its owner used it to grow marijuana seedlings, according to the PSD. It did not specify when the raid took place.
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