Day: February 21, 2023

Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) personnel arrested five drug dealers and seized large quantities of narcotic pills in a series of raids across the country, the media spokesman for the Public Security Directorate said.

He reported three cases in Amman in one of which a drug dealer was arrested and 18,000 narcotic pills were seized in a raid of a house east of the capital.

Another two dealers were nabbed and 6,000 pills and other narcotics as well as a firearm in their possession were confiscated. A fourth man was apprehended with 15 palm-sized sheets of hashish and 2,000 narcotic pills seized in a raid, according to the spokesman.

In Aqaba Governorate, AND agents, after gathering information and tracking a dealer who supplied drugs to local sellers, raided his home, arrested him and found 700 grams of cocaine, 10,000 narcotic pills, one kilogram of hashish and a firearm, he said.

Narcotic police also thwarted an attempt in Ramtha district to smuggle to a neighboring country a quantity of drug pills, which was stashed in the body of a vehicle, and a man was arrested and 20,000 narcotic pills were found, said the spokesman.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Minister of Culture Haifaa Najjar Tuesday led the opening ceremony of the 2023 Creative Industries Forum, entitled: “Promotion of Arab Creativity”, which is organized by the Beirut-based United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

During the ceremony, which was attended by ESCWA Executive Secretary Rola Dashti and Director General of the National Library Department Nidal Ayasra, Najjar said her ministry tries to emphasize through its programs “creative cultural industries”, based on the perception that culture is closely related to the economy.

The world is heading towards digital and electronic transformation as “we talk about electronic creative industries and artificial intelligence”, she said, pointing out that culture should be the main engine in education.

She stressed that the ministry does not seek to “commodify” culture, but rather culture should be a lever for the economy, noting the role of a Jordanian intellectual as key to raising national income.

Addressing the forum, Dashti said the two-day forum is a result of the Youth Entrepreneurship Summit which was held in Amman in October and creative industries featuring in one of its sessions, adding that Arab societies are abundant with creativity with an annual value of $58 million in the Arab countries.

She referred to the role of creative industries in economies and digital technology, pointing out that ESCWA will work to establish an Arab platform to highlight the creative industries of young people, which will help market their products globally.

Source: Jordan News Agency