Four Indicted for Drug Smuggling Attempt Into Jordan

The smuggling attempt and seizure (Photo: Israel Police Spokesperson)

Four suspects are facing serious charges after being caught attempting to smuggle drugs into Jordan last month in a joint operation by Israeli security forces.

The Border Unit of the Northern District's Central Unit, working alongside IDF forces from the 417th Brigade and Border Police units from Judea and Samaria, identified several suspects in the fence area along the eastern border. The suspects threw 36 packages containing approximately 20 kilograms of hashish to the Jordanian side.

Border Unit fighters operating at the scene arrested the suspects after they fled from the fence and seized the drug packages on the Jordanian side. The four detainees include two brothers, one of them a minor, from northern Israel, and two residents of southern Israel. Following their interrogation by the Northern District Central Unit, an indictment was filed against them through the Northern District Prosecutor's Office in the Nazareth-Nof HaGalil District Court.

This interdiction joins a series of recent successes totaling approximately 700 kilograms of drugs intercepted along the eastern border by security forces in recent months.

Police officials note that the Border Unit of the Northern District, in cooperation with IDF forces, stands at the forefront of the determined fight against smuggling and export of weapons and drugs from the borders with Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestinian Authority territories into and out of Israel. The unit, staffed by elite fighters, conducts ambush operations and apprehends suspects involved in smuggling and trafficking of weapons and drugs.