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Public Security: Arrest of 14 Drug Dealers and Traffickers, and Seizing Large Quantities in 8 High-Profile Cases

Public Security: Arrest of 14 Drug Dealers and Traffickers, and Seizing Large Quantities in 8 High-Profile Cases

The spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate said that the personnel of the Anti-Narcotics Department, through their handling of eight high-profile cases of drug trafficking, promotion, and smuggling in several regions of the Kingdom, arrested 14 dealers and promoters, and seized quantities of narcotics from them

In the most prominent case, a person was raided in Balqa Governorate after confirming his possession of heroin, where he was arrested and 1 kilogram of the substance was seized from him.

In the Capital Governorate, two raids were carried out on two high-risk individuals wanted in drug cases at two different locations, where they were arrested and firearms and quantities of narcotics were seized from them.

In Karak Governorate, information was received about two individuals linked to regional gangs for promoting and smuggling drugs, preparing a large quantity of narcotic pills in preparation for smuggling them to a neighboring country, where, after confirming all the information, they were raided, arrested, and 75,000 narcotic pills hidden in a secret compartment in one of the cargo vehicles were seized.

In cooperation with the security agencies and Jordanian Customs, an individual was arrested at Queen Alia International Airport while attempting to receive a parcel containing half a kilogram of crystal.

In the northern Badia regions, three high-profile cases were dealt with. In the first, the house of a drug dealer was raided, and he was arrested and 1 kilogram of crystal, 10 bundles of hashish, and 4,000 narcotic pills were seized from him, and another person with him was also arrested. In the second case, another drug dealer was followed during the transportation of a quantity of narcotics towards Zarqa Governorate, where he was stopped, arrested, and 7,000 narcotic pills were seized from him. In the third case, 4,000 narcotic pills were seized from two individuals after they were raided and arrested.

In the last case in Mafraq Governorate, one of the houses used by dealers and promoters for storing narcotics was raided, where three people were arrested inside it and 8 bundles of hashish were seized from them.

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