Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) agents foiled an attempt to smuggle 700,000 narcotic pills and arrested an Arab national who tried to deliver the pills to others to further smuggle these into a neighboring country.

According to the Public Security Department (PSD), the AND received information that a group of Arab nationals were planning to smuggle drugs into the neighboring country. Acting on the tip, AND agents detained members of this group and seized 700,000 narcotic pills from inside a vehicle sporting an Arab license plate.

Investigations are currently underway to arrest other people involved in the smuggling attempt.

*Petra