Khaberni - The Anti-Narcotics Administration within the Public Security Directorate continues to confront drug traffickers and offer martyrs in defense of human health, having bid farewell at the dawn of the eighteenth of March to three of its finest members and officers after raiding a dangerous wanted person.
Figures issued by the Public Security Directorate in the criminal report for the year 2024 and reviewed by Petra News Agency indicate that the Anti-Drug Administration thwarted 25,000 and 260 drug crimes last year targeting the Jordanian society, including 7,762 trafficking crimes and 17,498 possession and drug use crimes.
Legal and security experts told "Petra" that this incident was not the first in the honor roll of martyrs at the Anti-Narcotics Administration and Public Security, but it is determination and commitment to duty and readiness at all times to confront these criminals and killers, where the punishment for this crime may extend to execution after the wanted criminal caused the death of three public security men.
The security and strategic expert, Dr. Bashir Al-Dajeh, told "Petra" that this tragic event reflects the magnitude of the challenges facing the Anti-Drug officers in an ongoing battle against crime networks that threaten community security and stability, indicating that national security is not merely routine procedures but a daily battle that requires courage, professionalism, and military discipline in facing complex drug crime networks where these heroes faced armed drug traffickers who believe they are above the law.
He indicated that the drug phenomenon is no longer a simple criminal issue but has become a multidimensional strategic threat, including security because it represents financing for armed gangs and criminal cells, and social, as it destroys youth and disrupts the familial fabric, and economic, as it affects general productivity and increases the cost of public health and security interventions.
He pointed out that the work of the Anti-Narcotics Department is a national battle on both the field and preventive fronts, combining precise investigation, strategic monitoring, complex field raid execution, judicial cooperation, and coordination with various security agencies to ensure striking the networks at their core.
He affirmed that those who ascended today are not merely security elements but heroes carrying a lofty national message, facing danger without hesitation and sacrificing their lives for the protection of society in these blessed days, increasing the value of their sacrifices, and representing their pure souls as a rare example of courage and sacrifice in serving the nation.
He said that the nation's martyrs chose the most difficult and dangerous path without hesitation, and their pure blood has not gone in vain, and will remain a shield protecting the nation and its youth from slipping into chaos and crime, and this message in facing social scourges will remain a beacon for both colleagues and society alike.
Professor of Law and Legislation, Dr. Nehla Al-Momani, told "Petra" that drugs and illicit trafficking not only affect the security aspect but also undermine a fundamental principle of human rights, which is human dignity, as well as leaving negative impacts on all human rights, primarily the right to life, health, education, and the right to a stable familial and community environment, fundamentally undermining individuals' rights to societal security, which forms part of the national security of any country.
She added that this matter is affirmed by related international conventions including the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, among others, which have made drug control one of the obligations imposed on states, necessitating the imposition of necessary measures to tackle smuggling networks and illicit trafficking, as these conventions also require states to enact strict legislation to confront traffickers and smugglers and all actors involved in this crime.
She said that the Human Rights Council emphasizes in its resolutions the importance of adopting a comprehensive approach based on combating drugs, law enforcement, and simultaneously working on prevention and treatment, and that the national legal system in Jordan, in line with international standards, has established a comprehensive system for drug control and combating trafficking, smuggling, and promotion operations, and these punishments escalate based on the seriousness of the criminal act, reaching a maximum of life imprisonment or execution in severe circumstances such as assault on law enforcement authorities.
She clarified that the Jordanian legislator intensified the penalty for all other parties involved in drug-related crimes, whether a partner, instigator, interventor, or assistant, to be punished with the same punishment as the principal perpetrator, indicating that drug control, ultimately and fundamentally, is a tool to establish a system of human rights and defend it.
The president of the Jordanian Association for Drug Control, Dr. Musa Dawood Al-Tarifi, stated that this crime cannot be considered a traditional criminal incident but is a complete terrorist crime reflecting the dangerous transformation in the behavior of drug trafficking networks, which now use weapons and violence directly against the state and its institutions, not caring about the sanctity of life or the sovereignty of the law.
He affirmed that the most severe penalties permissible by law should be applied to the perpetrator of this crime, including execution to ensure swift justice and enhance general deterrence, and that execution should be conducted within the legal frameworks in force, thereby reinforcing the state's prestige and the sovereignty
