Amman, Sept. 2 (Petra) --Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) arrested 26 suspects in eight drug trafficking and distribution cases across the Kingdom, seizing "large" quantities of narcotics and firearms, the Public Security Directorate (PSD) announced Wednesday.

In the most significant case, two suspects linked to regional drug-smuggling gangs were arrested while allegedly transporting narcotics from southern Jordan toward Madaba. Police seized 240 slabs of hashish and 11 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.

In Ruwaished district, the PSD noted that two security campaigns led to the arrest of 11 wanted and suspected individuals and the seizure of 33,000 narcotic pills and 12 firearms.

Five suspects were also arrested in Aqaba in a separate operation targeting drug dealers and distributors, with various quantities of narcotics seized.

In Amman, police handled two cases involving crystal methamphetamine and hashish. One suspect was arrested with half a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine, while another was found with four slabs of hashish and a firearm.

Two suspects were arrested in Irbid with 250 grams of crystal methamphetamine, while two others were detained in Madaba with nine slabs of hashish.

In the southern Badia, two suspected drug dealers were arrested with 6,000 narcotic pills.

//Petra// AO