{"id":61828,"date":"2022-03-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/?guid=9c9be9cadf88fd07c01d90daf089bf42"},"modified":"2022-03-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T00:00:00","slug":"customs-department-foils-drug-smuggling-attempt-at-jaber-border-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/customs-department-foils-drug-smuggling-attempt-at-jaber-border-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs Department foils drug smuggling attempt at Jaber border crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Jordan Customs Department (JCD) on Saturday said that it had foiled an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotic pills at the Jaber border crossing, in cooperation with relevant security bodies at the checkpoint.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The pills were found during a thorough inspection of two trucks coming from a neighboring country, the JCD said Saturday in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
JCD personnel suspected that the first truck that was loaded with rolls (plastic pipes), and searched it by an x-ray machine and found inside 148kg of Captagon narcotic pills, estimated at 880,000 pills, the statement added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The other truck was also searched and about 80kg, which constitute 480,000 narcotic pills, were found in secret place inside the truck, the statement explained.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Immediately, a report of the seized quantity was prepared and handed over to the Anti-Narcotics Department – Jaber Branch, and trucks and drivers were put in custody pending the completion of investigation procedures.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Jordan News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Jordan Customs Department (JCD) on Saturday said that it had foiled an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotic pills at the Jaber border crossing, in cooperation with relevant security bodies at the checkpoint.The pills were found during a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n