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Home Jordan News Border guard thwart drug trafficking bid 14-07-2016 06:39 AM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Border guards Thursday foiled an attempt to smuggle in large amounts of drugs from Syria, seized the contraband and arrested four suspects, a source at the Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army general headquarters said. An advance watch force on the northeastern side of the frontier tracked the suspects' movement, applying rules of engagement and seizing 781,000 Captagon drug pills and 180,000 bags of hashish, said the statement. The source said the suspects, all Syrians, and the drugs in their possession were referred to "competent" authorities, warning that the Kingdom's northern and eastern borders were a closed military area and vowing zero-tolerance with any attempt to breach the frontier.

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Border guard thwart drug trafficking bid

14-07-2016 06:39 AM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Border guards Thursday foiled an attempt to smuggle in large amounts of drugs from Syria, seized the contraband and arrested four suspects, a source at the Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army general headquarters said.

An advance watch force on the northeastern side of the frontier tracked the suspects' movement, applying rules of engagement and seizing 781,000 Captagon drug pills and 180,000 bags of hashish, said the statement.

The source said the suspects, all Syrians, and the drugs in their possession were referred to "competent" authorities, warning that the Kingdom's northern and eastern borders were a closed military area and vowing zero-tolerance with any attempt to breach the frontier.

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