‘12 suspected drug dealers arrested in last week’s raids’

AMMAN — Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) agents arrested 12 suspected drug dealers and seized a large amount of narcotics in several raids last week, a Public Security Department statement said Sunday.

AND also detained 15 suspected drug addicts and confiscated nine kilogrammes of synthetic cannabis, 6.5kg of hashish, 16,000 narcotic pills, 330 grammes of heroin and some marijuana, the statement said.

The raids were conducted in several governorates, including Maan, Balqa and Mafraq.