AMMAN: Jordan’s judiciary on Thursday sentenced two men to long prison terms for attempting to smuggle nearly two million captagon pills into the country from Syria, a judicial source told AFP.
The state security court handed a 20-year prison term and a fine of 20,000 Jordanian dinars ($28,000) to one of those convicted — a Syrian — and a 10-year-term, along with a 10,000 dinar fine, to a Jordanian, the source said.
The two men, whose identities have not been disclosed, had attempted to smuggle more than 1.9 million captagon pills from Syria to Jordan in 2021, the source added.
The pills were found by narcotics officers in wood-burning stoves.
The Jordanian army reported in February that an organized ring had attempted to smuggle drugs across the border into the country using drones and with the support of armed groups.
According to organizations that track drug smuggling, much of the production of captagon — an amphetamine that has a big market in the Middle East — takes place in zones controlled by the Syrian government.
Jordanian security forces have tightened border controls in recent years.
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Jordan hands long prison terms to 2 captagon smugglers
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Jordan hands long prison terms to 2 captagon smugglers
- The two men had attempted to smuggle over 1.9 million captagon pills from Syria to Jordan in 2021
- The pills were found by narcotics officers in wood-burning stoves
UN Security Council demands Iran halt attacks on Gulf states
- Resolution says attacks breach international law and pose ‘serious threat to international peace and security’
- Iranian actions aimed at closing international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz also condemned
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Wednesday passed a resolution calling for Iran to immediately halt its attacks on Gulf states, saying they breach international law and pose a “serious threat to international peace and security.”
The resolution, passed by 13 votes with two abstentions, “demands the immediate cessation of all attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran against Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan.”
It also “condemns any actions or threats by the Islamic Republic of Iran aimed at closing, obstructing, or otherwise interfering with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.”
Iran has struck Gulf states in retaliation to US-Israeli attacks that killed Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Islamic republic has also fired on commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial sea passage for the global fuel trade, in a bid to inflict pain on the global economy.
The resolution, passed by 13 votes with two abstentions, “demands the immediate cessation of all attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran against Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan.”
It also “condemns any actions or threats by the Islamic Republic of Iran aimed at closing, obstructing, or otherwise interfering with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.”
Iran has struck Gulf states in retaliation to US-Israeli attacks that killed Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Islamic republic has also fired on commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial sea passage for the global fuel trade, in a bid to inflict pain on the global economy.
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