The Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) has foiled an attempt to smuggle one million Captagon pills stored in two vehicles and arrested four alleged drug traffickers involved in the case, while the fifth who has a farm in the southern city of Karak still at large, the Public Security Department (PSD) spokesperson said.
Upon receiving a tip-off indicating that a group of individuals were preparing to smuggle a large quantity of narcotic pills outside the Kingdom, AND personnel began an investigation to identify the suspects and secure a handover of the narcotics, the spokesperson added.
The spokesperson stressed that the AND, through a new operational phase, continues the investigations, raids and arrests of drug dealers and during the past few days it was able to deal with a number of these cases that are still under investigation and will be announced successively and according to the course of the investigation.
Source: Jordan News Agency