Al-Suwaidaa | Driver finds 200,000 illicit pills in his car by chance

A driver found illicit pills hidden in his car by chance, after having sent it to an auto repair store in Al-Suwaidaa province, before heading to Jordan.

 

According to SOHR sources, the driver had repaired his car in a garage in Rif Dimashq, but he felt something wrong in the car’s tyres, so he went to a repair store in Al-Suwaidaa where he found out that nearly 200,000 illicit pills hidden in the tyres.

 

Smugglers try different ways to smuggle drugs to the Gulf states, disregarding the fate of innocent people who may be involved in such operations without being aware of such tricks.

 

Meanwhile, local authorities and members of “Rejal Al-Karamah” movement were informed of the incident, where they confiscated the drugs in order to sabotage them tomorrow in the presence of regional and social activists, stressing the public rejection of the smuggling of drugs from Al-Suwaidaa province to neighbouring countries.

 

Yesterday, SOHR sources reported that Jordanian border guards foiled a drug smuggling operation from Syrian territory carried out by smugglers affiliated with the Lebanese Hezbollah in the eastern region near Syria-Jordan border in Al-Suwaidaa countryside, where armed clashes erupted between both sides, leaving three smugglers dead and a member of the Jordanian border guard injured.

 

It is worth noting that the Jordanian border guard seized large quantities of narcotics during the operation.

 

The Jordanian authorities continue their operations to pursue drug dealers and combat drug smuggling operations from within Syrian territory towards its territory through smuggling routes by smugglers linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah.

 

On January 23, SOHR sources reported that six smugglers were killed in intermittent clashes that erupted between them and the Jordanian army earlier this month, in the area between Al-Akaidar and Nasib towns, south-east of Daraa, on the Syrian-Jordanian border, where their bodies were found decomposed, showing signs of gunshot, and they were taken to the National Hospital in Daraa.