Army Foils Two Major Balloon-Borne Drug Smuggling Attempts

2025-10-11 06:05:18

(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency)

Amman, October 11 (Petra) - The Eastern Military Zone thwarted two attempts to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics, using balloons guided by primitive devices, at Saturday dawn within its area of ??responsibility, according to the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF).
Carried out in coordination with security agencies and the Anti-Narcotics Department (AND), the shipments were intercepted and brought down inside Jordanian territory after Border Guard forces detected the balloons at two different locations.
The seized items were transferred to the relevant authorities for necessary action.

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