5,000 narcotic pills seized in Northern Badia

AMMAN — Northern Badia security personnel have seized more than 5,000 narcotic pills, a security source said on Friday.

Northern Badia Criminal Investigation Department had received a tip-off on people with a pick-up vehicle who had hidden a bag in a suspicious way in Um Al Jimal area near a dune, the source said, adding that a joint security force headed to the site upon receiving the information, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The security force surveyed the site and found a white bag with 5,165 Captagon pills and six kilogrammes of a white substance that was believed to be "narcotic Chrystal", the source added.