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Jordan-Israel border drug smuggling

Overview

Jordanian authorities have intensified border security and surveillance capabilities in response to an increase in high-tech drug smuggling along the border with Israel. Criminal networks are reportedly using quadcopter drones and helium-filled balloons to transport hashish, crystal meth, and amphetamines into Jordan, exploiting high local street prices.

This smuggling activity involves organized criminal networks operating in Israel’s Negev Desert, with reported links to groups in Jordan and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The shift toward these sophisticated methods follows changes in the regional drug landscape after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad government in Syria in late 2024. While the collapse of the previous Syrian regime decreased the flow of Captagon through Jordan, security forces are now increasingly focused on these new high-tech smuggling tactics occurring along the Israel-Jordan border.

Entities

Jordan · Israel · Egypt · The Telegraph · Syria

Timeline

  1. [INTERNATIONAL] 6 sources
    Jordan-Israel border sees rise in high-tech drug smuggling

    Jordanian authorities are monitoring a surge in high-tech drug smuggling along the Israel border, with gangs using drones and balloons to transport narcotics like crystal meth and hashish.

  2. [CRIME] 6 sources
    Jordan border security increases as Israeli gangs smuggle drugs via drones

    Israeli gangs are using drones and balloons to smuggle drugs like hashish and crystal meth into Jordan, prompting Jordanian authorities to increase border surveillance and patrols.

Sources

aktual24.ro · aljazeera.com · fehmarn24.de · kurierverlag.de · leinetal24.de · mannheim24.de · merkur-online.de · nemosnewsnetwork.com · op-online.de · stvincenttribune.com · trinidadtribune.com · utusan.com.my