7 suspects arrested in ‘drug smuggling attempt’

By JT - Nov 20,2015 - Last updated at Nov 20,2015

AMMAN — Border Guards and Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) personnel have confiscated “huge amounts” of drugs and arrested the suspects who reportedly attempted to smuggle them into the Kingdom, according to a Public Security Department statement released Thursday and carried by the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

The Border Guards and AND agents confiscated 620,000 narcotic pills and 120 kilogrammes of hashish found in the border region but did not arrest the suspects at the scene. Investigations led to seven suspects, two of them Arabs, who were all later arrested.

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