'10 suspected drug dealers arrested'

AMMAN — Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) personnel on Tuesday raided nine houses in Sahab and arrested 10 suspected drug dealers, the Public Security Department (PSD) said on Wednesday.

A PSD statement added that the suspects included a man who is classified as "very dangerous" and another suspect who was previously sentenced to 15 years in prison. 

AND personnel searched the houses and found 16kg of synthetic cannabis (locally known as "joker"), an amount of illegal narcotic pills and a firearm, the PSD said.

The World Anti-Doping Agency’s recently released report indicates that Jordan remains a corridor country — rather than a destination — for drug trafficking.

The government says the developments in the region and the dangers at the borders of neighbouring countries which are left uncontrolled, in addition to the influx of refugees into Jordan, have all led to a 25 per cent increase this year in the Kingdom’s efforts to combat drugs compared to 2015.