As part of AND efforts for the rule of law and protect society from the scourge of drugs and limit their spread, Anti-Narcotics Department today destroyed quantities of narcotic substances that were seized in (43) cases
The destruction of these narcotics comes as an extension of the qualitative operational efforts made by AND aimed at confronting drug dealers in all regions of the Kingdom in a manner that guarantees that reducing the spread of these poisons in community.
Public Security Directorate is constantly keen to enhance cooperation and coordination with the Jordan Armed Forces - the Arab Army, other security agencies and general customs in the operational and intelligence fields, in a manner that guarantees the prevention of entry and passage in the Kingdom.
The quantities of narcotic substances that were destroyed in the various cases between trafficking, possession and smuggling included (12,823,175) pills of Captagon, (2663) kg of hashish, (1,300) kg of industrial hashish, (40,700) kg of marijuana and (3) kg of cocaine, (1,260) kg of crystal and (4,500) kg of Joker powder.
It is noteworthy that the destruction process was carried out under the supervision of a special committee headed by the Assistant Director of Public Security for Traffic and Foreign Affairs, the Director of the Laboratories Department, the Director of the Anti-Narcotics Department, and the Prosecutor General of the State Security Court, the narcotics were destroyed in special ovens with a temperature of up to a thousand degrees Celsius.