The Jordanian army announced on Friday that it thwarted a major drug smuggling operation from Syria. In a statement, it said two smugglers were killed and others wounded in the operation. Some smugglers managed to flee back to Syria. The army seized the drugs and weapons in possession of the smugglers. Asharq Al-Awsat learned that the Jordanian authorities will release some of the confessions of Syrian smugglers it had detained in late 2023. They were arrested during a clash that led to the arrest of nine smugglers along the northeastern border.
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Jordanian security services have thwarted a bid by a foreign state-backed militia to smuggle arms to a cell in the kingdom, an official source quoted by state news agency Petra said on Wednesday. The official was responding to a report published on the same day by Reuters, saying Jordan thwarted a plot to smuggle weapons intended for a Muslim Brotherhood cell in Jordan, which is connected to Hamas.