Jordan downs drone carrying about 100 blocks of hashish at western border
Jordanian border forces brought down a drone carrying about 100 blocks of hashish on the country's western border on 1 April 2026. It was one of ten coordinated smuggling attempts intercepted that morning; the other nine used electronically guided balloons on the northern front.
Jordanian Armed Forces–Arab Army personnel intercepted ten coordinated attempts
to smuggle large quantities of drugs into the kingdom across its northern and
western frontiers early on Wednesday, 1 April 2026.[1]On the western border,
Southern Military Zone personnel stopped a drone carrying approximately 100
blocks of hashish.[1]
The military attributed the outcome to precise monitoring and integration
between Border Guard units, military security agencies and the Anti-Narcotics
Department, which brought the intercepted devices and their payloads down inside
Jordanian territory.[1]The intercepted materials and equipment were handed to
the relevant authorities for legal processing.[1]
On the northern front, authorities intercepted nine simultaneous smuggling
attempts involving electronically guided balloons.[2]The military said
traffickers launched the balloons in a synchronised pattern to exploit
prevailing weather and overwhelm border-guard monitoring.[1]JAF personnel
tracked and intercepted all nine balloon payloads despite the effort to distract
security units and overwhelm monitoring.[1]The military put the combined
seizures at more than 1.5 million narcotic pills in addition to the hashish.[3]
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Petra-credited photograph illustrating the electronically guided balloon and drone methods used in the 1 April drug-smuggling attempts into Jordan. Photo: PetraPhoto details
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The approximately 100 blocks of hashish were not weighed in the available accounts, so no kilogram figure can be recorded.
No suspects, arrests, charges or subsequent court proceedings were announced.
The nine balloon cargos were described only as narcotics and narcotic pills, with no breakdown by substance.
The precise interception points and the drone's flight origin and intended destination were not published.
The accounts derive from Jordanian Armed Forces statements carried by Petra and other outlets, with no independent verification of the seizures reported.
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 Customs Anti-Smuggling patrols foiled a narcotics smuggling attempt on 9 October 2026, seizing 296 slabs of hashish and six kilograms of marijuana. The department credited joint work with security agencies.
Jordan's Public Security Directorate recorded 22,031 drug crimes in 2025, down 12.8 per cent from 25,260 in 2024. Possession and use fell 10 per cent to 15,720 and trafficking 19 per cent to 6,311. A separate human-rights report had compared 2025 crimes with 2024 arrests, producing a misleading 34 per cent drop.
The Anti-Narcotics Department reported 25,260 drug cases involving 38,782 people in 2024. It seized 3,000 kg of hashish, 262 kg of marijuana and 27.5 million Captagon pills, and 744 people entered rehabilitation. The figures cover all drugs, not cannabis alone.
