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Ammon News - The police Monday raided a crystal meth lab in Amman and arrested three suspects in the case, according to the Public Security Directorate (PSD).

As part of a security campaign to crackdown on drug dealers and promoters, the Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) moved after being tipped off to raid the house of a suspect who had been trying to manufacture methamphetamine in his home in East Amman.

AND officers did not find the suspect in his home but seized chemicals for manufacturing methamphetamine. They arrested him later on.

The PSD Media Department reported that the suspect had confessed that he had a culprit who worked with him to manufacture and sell crystal meth. They purchased chemical materials to start manufacturing crystal meth before being arrested.

AND officers arrested the other suspect in the case along with another man, who had in their possession illegal drugs and crystal meth, it added.

In another case, west of Al-Balqa, police raided a chalet where a suspected drug dealer had possessed marijuana and a firearm. The police arrested the suspect after he tried to escape, it added.

The PSD added that a suspected drug dealer was arrested in Zarqa along with a culprit after the police raided his home, where they found hashish and crystal meth.

The police arrested two drug traffickers on the road between Mafraq and Zarqa. They had in their possession two firearms and illegal narcotics, it added.