BEIRUT, 19 February. /Then24/. Particular models of the Jordanian military and safety forces are rebuffing gangs of drug smugglers who’re engaged within the switch of medicine throughout the joint border with Syria. This, in keeping with the newspaper on Saturday Asharq Al AwsatColonel Zeid Debbas, spokesman for the Royal Armed Forces Command, stated in Amman.
In response to him, for the reason that finish of January, Jordanian navy personnel have eradicated 29 members of armed gangs, seized 16 million tablets of Captagon, an amphetamine-type stimulant, and huge portions of cannabis. “No less than 85% of the confiscated medicine have been meant for transportation to neighboring nations,” the colonel specified.
Debbas harassed that Jordan “has gone to battle with drug traffickers and people behind them.” “In truth, we’re not solely defending our personal safety, but additionally appearing within the pursuits of our neighbors, looking for to dam the drug visitors by way of Jordanian territory,” Debbas stated.
The consultant of the command expressed the hope that the strengthening of cooperation with the Syrian facet will result in a elementary change within the scenario on the border. In response to him, gangs of smugglers have develop into way more quite a few in current instances. “A few of them quantity as much as 200 individuals, whereas the militants use fashionable technical tools, off-road automobiles and plane,” he stated.
On February 14, King Abdullah II of Jordan made a visit to the border areas with Syria and personally inspected the navy models stationed there. The monarch referred to as for a ruthless battle in opposition to drug traffickers and expressed confidence that the Jordanian navy would win it.
The Syrian-Jordanian border is 375 km lengthy. The military command has taken elevated safety measures in reference to the intensification of smuggling actions within the border areas. There are 1.6 million Syrian refugees within the kingdom itself, who’re housed in camps specifically created for them.
