Wanted drug dealer apprehended

AMMAN — A 30-year-old wanted man was arrested at dawn on Thursday at his house in the Jordan Valley, official sources said.

Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) agents and Gendarmerie forces raided the suspect’s house after receiving a tip that he had a stash of marijuana, a senior AND agent said.

“We had been monitoring the suspect for awhile after receiving information that he was in possession of illegal drugs,” the source told The Jordan Times.

On Thursday, the source added, agents stormed his house and arrested him while he slept without any major incident.

“AND agents found 30 kilogrammes of marijuana and a machinegun in the suspect’s house,” a Public Security Department statement said. 

The AND official noted that the suspect had been on the run for a while and was recently sentenced to seven-and-a-half-years imprisonment in absentia by the State Security Court (SSC) on an illegal drug-related case.

Initial questioning of the suspect indicated that he was planning to sell the marijuana in the local market.

The suspect was referred to the SSC prosecution for further questioning, the source added.