Suspect from South America caught in attempt to smuggle 2.5kg of cocaine

AMMAN — Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) personnel at Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) have arrested a passenger from South America who was reportedly carrying 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine, the Public Security Department said Saturday.

AND cadres also apprehended two other suspects who were waiting to receive the drugs, a PSD statement said.

AND personnel received a tip-off that a person was planning to smuggle narcotics into the country through QAIA and deliver them to some people in the Kingdom, according to the PSD. 

Anti-narcotics agents were able to identify the suspect and the time of his arrival at QAIA, and monitored and tracked him until he met with two persons in a suburb in Amman to deliver a bag to them, the PSD said, adding that the three suspects were arrested.

A search revealed that the bag contained 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine, the PSD noted, and the suspects are being questioned prior to referring them to court.

In another case earlier this month, the PSD said AND agents received information on a South American suspect allegedly planning to drop off drugs in Jordan.

They arrested the suspect upon his arrival at QAIA and searched his luggage, where they found 650 grammes of cocaine hidden in small metal pipes in one of his bags.

Further investigation revealed that two Arabs were supposed to receive the drugs from the suspect. AND agents located and arrested them, and referred the case to court.