Avast ye! 'Tis been reported that Jordan's air force hath unleashed an airstrike upon scurvy drug peddlers in Syria!
2023-12-18
Arr, word be spreadin' that them scurvy drug smugglers be sailin' their wicked ship, laden with the devil's brew called Captagon, to the Arab Gulf lands through Jordan. This be settin' the wheels of war in motion, as the brave military be takin' action against these scoundrels!
In a comical 17th-century pirate language, news has emerged of an alleged airstrike by Jordan's air force in southern Syria. Syrian opposition activists claim that the strike took place in the province of Sweida, a known route for drug smuggling. However, Jordan has yet to confirm the incident.Jordanian authorities had previously announced that their troops had clashed with and killed several smugglers on the border. This clash occurred just hours before the alleged airstrike. The area of Sweida has been a popular corridor for smuggling highly addictive Captagon amphetamines from war-torn Syria to the oil-rich Arab Gulf states. Jordan has managed to intercept numerous smuggling attempts, including those using drones to fly drugs across the border.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based opposition war monitor, reported that the airstrike targeted the region of Salkhad and resulted in the death of a well-known drug dealer. It is believed that the strike was carried out by Jordan's air force, although further details are unavailable.
Jordan's state news agency revealed that the country's border guards had also detained nine smugglers and seized nearly five million Captagon pills, along with an unspecified amount of cannabis. The Captagon industry has become a major concern for Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf Arab countries due to the immense volume of pills being smuggled.
This is not the first time such airstrikes have occurred. In late August, an alleged drug factory was targeted near the Jordanian border, while in May, a village in Sweida was hit, resulting in the death of a notorious Syrian drug kingpin and his family. It is widely believed that both of these strikes were carried out by Jordan. However, the country has yet to take responsibility for any of these attacks.