Jordan anti-narcotics arrests 28 in 15 cases; hashish, marijuana seized
Jordan's Anti-Narcotics Department arrested 28 dealers and pushers in 15 cases over the days before 8 November 2026, including raids on a Jabal al-Taj dealer and a tent south of Amman. Officers seized hashish, 4.6 kilograms of marijuana, pills, crystal methamphetamine and cocaine, and held suspects in Amman, Irbid, Ma'an, Zarqa and the Central Badia.
🇯🇴 Amman, Irbid, Ma'an, Zarqa and Central Badia, Jordan
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Arrested
28
Cannabis
4.6 kg
Agencies
Jordan Anti-Narcotics Department (إدارة مكافحة المخدرات), Public Security Directorate (مديرية الأمن العام)
Jordan’s Public Security Directorate spokesperson said Anti-Narcotics Department officers dealt with
15 drug cases over the preceding days, arresting 28 pushers and dealers and seizing large quantities
of drugs.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]Khaberni carried the same
statement on the same day.[23]Eight of the cases were in Amman and seven elsewhere[6][24][13]: two in
the Central Badia, two in Irbid Governorate, one in Ma’an, one in Zarqa and a final case involving a
vehicle.[20][21]
Amman
Officers raided a dealer in the Jabal al-Taj area in the centre of the capital and seized 56 blocks of
hashish and 4,000 narcotic pills from him.[1][4][5][10][11][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][22]Two active pushers
were arrested with 20 blocks of hashish.[1][4][10][16]Three pushers were arrested after a raid with
five blocks of hashish and 1,500 pills.[1][4][10]In the second Amman case three people were raided
inside a flat they used to store drugs for sale, and officers seized 6,000 pills and a quantity of
hashish.[1][4][11][13]The English release puts a further Amman hashish seizure at 25 slabs, without a
weight.[6]
South of Amman, officers raided a tent that three people used to trade, store and push drugs,
arresting all three and seizing 2 kilograms of marijuana, 1,500 pills, 85 grams of cocaine and 150
grams of crystal methamphetamine.[1][2][3][4][5][6][10][24][11][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]Officers
arrested three people in the last Amman case with 2,600 grams of marijuana.[1][4][5][6][7][10][12][13][14][16][17][21][22]On a farm south of the capital they arrested two pushers with 200
grams of crystal methamphetamine, 200 grams of cocaine and a firearm.[1][4][10]
Other governorates
In the Central Badia, officers seized 20 blocks of hashish from two people in the first case and 15
blocks from two pushers in a vehicle in the second.[1][3][4][6][10][11][12][13][16][17][18][20]In Irbid
Governorate they seized six blocks of hashish from one pusher and 200 grams of crystal
methamphetamine from another.[1][4][10][13]A pusher was arrested in Ma’an Governorate with seven blocks
of hashish.[1][4][10][13][16]In Zarqa Governorate officers arrested a suspected smuggler preparing 4,000
pills to smuggle to a neighbouring country.[1][4][13][22]In the last case they arrested one person and
seized his vehicle, fitted with an extra tank holding 18 litres of liquid amphetamine.[1][4][11][13][16]
The hashish blocks and marijuana are the cannabis seizures counted here; the pills, crystal
methamphetamine, cocaine and liquid amphetamine are left out of the cannabis figures.[1][10]
Photos and video
News image published with the Petra English release on the 15 cases, captioned only with the story headline. Photo: PetraPhoto details
مدار الساعةalsaa.netARالأردن.. القبض على 28 تاجراً ومروجاً تورطوا في 15 قضية مخدرات (صور)
صراحة نيوزsarahanews.netARالقبض على 28 تاجرا ومروجا وضبط كميات كبيرةة من المخدرات خلال 15 قضية نوعية
مدار الساعةalsaa.netARالأردن.. القبض على 28 تاجراً ومروجاً تورطوا في 15 قضية مخدرات (صور)
الأنباطalanbatnews.netARمكافحة المخدرات تتعامل مع ١٥ قضية نوعية تضبط خلالها كميات كبيرة من المواد المخدرة بحوزة تجار ومهربين، ألقي القبض خلالها على ٢٨ تاجراً ومروجاً
جو 24jo24.netARمداهمات أمنية توقع بـ 28 تاجرا ومروجا للمخدرات
Only the publication date, 8 November 2026, is given; the casework ran over the preceding days and 8 November stands in for the incident date.
The hashish is counted only in blocks (كف, roughly a pressed slab), and the report gives no weight for any hashish, so no hashish kilogram figure is used and the 4.6 kilograms covers marijuana only.
A quantity of hashish in the second Amman case and hashish in the Central Badia vehicle case are reported without blocks or weight.
No value estimate, names, charges or court outcome were published.
The pills, crystal methamphetamine, cocaine and 18 litres of liquid amphetamine belong to other enforcement actions reported in the same roundup and are not counted as cannabis.
The reported 28 arrests are not itemised case by case, and some listed cases do not state an arrest count explicitly, so the breakdown by case is incomplete.
The reported hashish is counted only in bars, and the 4.6 kilograms covers marijuana alone; hashish weight, value, charges and any court outcome remain unpublished.
The statement gives no exact date for the raids; 8 November 2026, the date of the Petra release and of publication, stands in for the incident date.
Saraya reproduces the same Public Security Directorate statement as the outlets already cited, so it is not independent reporting of the raids.
The Al Mamlaka page gives only its creation time of 8 November 2026 without a separate date for the raids, so 8 November stands in for the incident date.
Al Mamlaka carries the same Public Security Directorate statement as the outlets already cited in the report, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
The page's lead photograph is captioned only as a gate belonging to the Public Security Directorate and does not show the raids or seizures, so it is not listed as media.
Al Wakeel News carries the same Public Security Directorate statement as the outlets already cited in the report, so it corroborates the text and its figures but is not independent reporting of the raids.
The English Petra release puts the further Amman hashish seizure at 25 slabs, while other accounts of the same roundup give no slab count or weight for that seizure.
The English release gives no separate date for the raids, stating only that they ran over the preceding days; 8 November 2026 is its publication date and stands in for the incident date.
The English Petra text carries the same Public Security Directorate statement as the report's Arabic sources, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
Nabaa Jordan carries the same Public Security Directorate statement as the outlets already cited, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
The page shows one news image captioned only with the story headline and no credit identifying what it depicts, so it is not listed as media.
Amman Net is a copy of the same Public Security Directorate statement as the report's other sources, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
The English Petra release groups further Amman seizures as 25 slabs of hashish, 4,500 pills, half a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine and 2.6 kilograms of marijuana, while the Arabic statement lists the hashish and the marijuana separately, so the cannabis figures cannot be matched case by case between the two versions.
Husna FM gives no separate date for the raids; the article is dated 8 November 2026 and says the casework ran over the preceding days.
The Zad Al Urdun page gives no separate date or place for the raids; it is an aggregator copy carrying the same Public Security Directorate statement as Khaberni and the Petra release, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
The article gives no separate date for the raids beyond operations conducted over recent days; 8 November 2026 is its publication date.
Ammon News carries the same Public Security Directorate statement as the report's existing sources, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
The Al Awal News page gives no separate date for the raids and says the casework ran over the preceding days; 8 November 2026 is its publication date.
Al Awal News carries the same Public Security Directorate statement as the report's existing sources, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
Ammon News in English carries the same Public Security Directorate statement as the report's existing Arabic sources, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
The Ammon News page gives no separate date for the raids beyond operations conducted over recent days; 8 November 2026 is its publication date.
The Ammon News English text puts the further Amman seizure at 25 slabs of hashish and 2.6 kilograms of marijuana, matching the English Petra release but not itemised against the Arabic statement, so the cannabis amounts cannot be matched case by case.
The page carries the same Public Security Directorate statement as the report's existing sources, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
Saraha News reproduces the same Public Security Directorate statement as the report's other sources, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
The page gives no separate date for the raids; 8 November 2026 is its publication date and the casework is described as running over the preceding days.
The Alsaa page gives no separate date for the raids beyond their running over the preceding days; 8 November 2026 is its publication date.
Alsaa is an aggregator copy of the same Public Security Directorate statement as the report's existing sources, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
Jafra News carries the same Public Security Directorate statement as the report's existing sources, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
The Jafra News page gives no separate date for the raids; the article is dated 8 November 2026 and says the casework ran over the preceding days.
Al Qalah News carries the same Public Security Directorate statement as the report's existing sources, so it corroborates rather than independently reports the roundup.
The Al Qalah page gives no separate date for the raids beyond their running over the preceding days; 8 November 2026 is its publication date.
Jordan's Eastern Military Region said border guard units brought down guided balloons carrying a large quantity of drugs inside Jordanian territory on the morning of 9 November 2026 and seized the cargo. The drugs were passed to the competent authorities, and no weight, arrests or border of origin were reported.
Jordan's Anti-Narcotics Department dealt with 13 drug cases over several days to 8 October 2026, arresting 31 suspects, including an Aqaba boat smuggler caught with 132 hashish slabs and tent and mountain-cache raids in Madaba.
Police arrested 35 people in 13 drugs-and-weapons cases across Jordan in early February 2026. Raids on three marijuana-growing sites in Southern Shouneh led to two arrests, and in Amman officers detained four dealers with 5 kg of marijuana; they also seized hashish blocks, crystal meth and firearms in Ma'an, Zarqa, Ajloun and Ramtha.
Jordan's Public Security Directorate announced twelve arrests in a series of drug operations on 20 October 2025. At the Jaber border crossing with Syria, officers seized 85,000 narcotic pills, and searches across the country recovered 119 blocks of hashish, including 40 in Jerash and 36 in Aqaba. The operations also led to arrests in Amman and Zarqa, where officers found further hashish and pills.
