Jordan Discovers One of the Largest Drug Hauls at the Border with Saudi Arabia

Jordan has discovered and seized one of the largest drug hauls in recent years at its border with Saudi Arabia. According to Jordanian government officials, the country's forces identified and confiscated two large drug shipments, including millions of 'Captagon' pills, at a border station with Saudi Arabia. This is one of the largest drug shipments discovered that was trafficked by networks linked to the Islamic Republic from southern Syria for sale in Gulf countries. Jordanian officials told Reuters on Wednesday, June 6, that these shipments were seized in construction vehicles at the 'Omari' crossing. Agents monitored these shipments for weeks during two separate operations, but unlike previous cases, they were seized not at Jordan's northern border with Syria, but at the border station with Saudi Arabia. According to Western officials, war-torn Syria has become the main site for the mass production of the addictive stimulant known as Captagon in the region, and Jordan is considered the main transit route for these substances to oil-rich Gulf countries. Jordanian officials, like their Western allies, say that the Lebanese Hezbollah group and pro-Islamic Republic militants who control many areas in southern Syria are involved in this multi-billion dollar drug trade. The Iranian government and Hezbollah deny these accusations. United Nations experts and American and European officials state that the illegal drug trade finances the militia groups aligned with the Islamic Republic and pro-Assad forces that have emerged in Syria for over a decade. Source: Reuters. The King of Jordan has called for Arab countries to combat drug and arms trafficking. Reuters reported the thwarting of a sabotage plot led by the Islamic Republic in the Kingdom of Jordan. Jordan has warned about the risk of a 'devastating war' in the Middle East. Pro-Islamic Republic militants are under suspicion; Jordan: Four drug traffickers were killed at the Syrian border.