(MENAFN- Jordan Times) Jordan Customs Department (JCD) officials on Saturday said agents had seized 95,000 Captagon pills found inside a vehicle entering the country via the Jaber border crossing from Syria.
"Following a thorough search of [the driver's] belongings, agents found around 15 kilogrammes of Captagon hidden carefully in dozens of juice bottles," a senior JCD official said.
The official added that the man was referred to the State Security Court prosecution for questioning.
"We have no idea whether the illegal pills were destined for Jordan or a neighbouring country," the official told The Jordan Times.
The official said that agents at the border crossing are well trained and experienced in detecting "several kinds of smuggling methods that people tend to use to smuggle contraband into the country".
Captagon (fenethylline) is a synthetic stimulant similar to amphetamine. Although banned in most countries in the 1980s, illegally produced and smuggled Captagon - sometimes containing amphetamine instead of fenethylline - is a common drug of abuse in the Middle East, according to web sources.
JCD Director Maj. Gen. Ghaleb Sarayreh said this operation was part of his department's efforts to combat all kinds of smuggling operations, including human trafficking, in order to ensure "economic and social stability in the country".
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