Narcotics, weapons found in Badia

By Rana Husseini - Apr 03,2014 - Last updated at Apr 03,2014

AMMAN — Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) agents on Thursday were looking for a man who had a stash of illegal narcotics and weapons in his tent in the Eastern Badia, official sources said.

A search of the suspect’s tent yielded 11 handguns and 15 pump action guns, Public Security Department Spokesperson Major Amer Sartawi said.

AND agents arrested another man during a raid on a second tent in the Halabat area in the Eastern Badia.

“Upon searching the tent agents recovered one kilogramme of hashish, 5,500 narcotic pills and a loaded weapon,” Sartawi told The Jordan Times.

The raids were conducted after receiving a tip that there were illegal drugs and weapons in two tents in the area, according to Sartawi.

“We have identified the second suspect and we will hopefully arrest him,” the police official said.

Last year, 8,945 suspects were involved in around 6,504 drug cases, according to AND officials.

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