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AMMAN — The Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) on Wednesday said police arrested 18 suspects, including three who were classified as extremely dangerous, in connection with eight illicit drug cases in various parts of the Kingdom in the past few days, according to police.
Law-enforcement officers also seized large amounts of illicit drugs and weapons with some of the suspects, according to Police Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi.
One of the cases, according to Sartawi, involved monitoring a wanted, extremely dangerous suspect with 21 criminal records in Balqa Governorate.
“A special investigation team managed to pinpoint his whereabouts following weeks of trailing his trace and arrested him without any major incident,” Sartawi said.
Officers allegedly found marijuana in his possession, he added.
Meanwhile, police arrested two alleged drug dealers in the capital and “found over eight kilogrammes of hashish and 10,000 Captagon pills in their possession,” according to the police official.
In other areas of the Kingdom, police arrested 10 suspects in several drug bust operations in Amman, Ajloun, Maan and Ramtha.
The law-enforcement officers seized various quantities of Hashish, Crystal meth and Captagon pills, according to Sartawi.
All suspects were referred to the State Security Court prosecution office for further questioning and indictment, according to a statement by the Public Security Directorate.
