‘11,627 crimes registered in first half of 2015’

ZARQA — The Public Security Department (PSD) during the first six months of 2015 implemented 24,405 security campaigns, resulting in apprehending 125,666 people, 115,442 of whom are Jordanians, a PSD official said Sunday.

In a lecture delivered at Zarqa University on behalf of PSD Director Maj. Gen. Atef Saudi, Deputy PSD Director for Criminal Investigation Affairs Maj. Gen. Tahsin Momani said 11,627 crimes and 1,082 car thefts were registered in the same period, with 85.6 and 78 per cent of these cases solved respectively.

Momani added that the same period witnessed 5,490 drug cases, 468 of which were related to trafficking, 36 related to addiction and 4,986 related to possession, noting that Jordan remains a corridor country for drug trafficking and is not a target.

There were also 1,105 electronic crimes, 91 intellectual property crimes and 13 human trafficking cases in the first half of this year, the PSD official added.

The PSD, in cooperation with stakeholders, detected 159,850 environmental violations, while the PSD’s Family Protection Administration dealt with 204 family cases in the January-July period, the deputy director added.

By the end of July, 72,290 traffic accidents were recorded in the Kingdom resulting in 338 deaths and 6,102 injuries, Momani added, noting that traffic accidents decreased “drastically” compared to the previous three years.

A total of 1.385 million Syrians have sought refuge in Jordan so far since the start of the crisis in their country, he said, adding that this prompted the PSD to install 101 cameras in police stations and 31 in refugee camps.