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Arab News
28-04-2025
- Arab News
Jordanian armed forces foil two major narcotics smuggling attempts
DUBAI: Jordan's Eastern and Southern Military Zones thwarted separate drug smuggling attempts over the past two days, as the Jordanian Armed Forces-Arab Army intensified efforts to protect national security. On Monday, the Eastern Military Zone carried out a special operation, stopping an infiltration attempt from Syrian territory. An official military source said Border Guard Forces, in coordination with military security and the Anti-Narcotics Department, monitored a group of smugglers trying to illegally cross into Jordan. Rapid reaction patrols were sent out, applying the rules of engagement, which resulted in injuries among the smugglers and the retreat of others back into Syria. A subsequent search uncovered large quantities of narcotics, which were transferred to the relevant authorities. On Sunday evening, meanwhile, the Southern Military Zone foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics using a drone along its western front. The drone was tracked, intercepted and brought down inside Jordanian territory, with the seized drugs handed over to the relevant agencies.
News24
24-04-2025
- News24
China repatriates 900 from Myanmar scam centres
China has repatriated more than 900 fraud suspects from Myanmar's border areas following joint raids with Myanmar. Myanmar's civil war fosters growth of scam compounds targeting victims via social media and cryptocurrency scams. More than 55 000 Chinese fraud suspects caught, as diplomatic pressures drive actions against cross-border scam operations. China has repatriated more than 900 citizens it suspects of working in internet scam centres in Myanmar's borderlands, a Beijing ministry said. Myanmar's many-sided civil war - sparked by a 2021 coup - has enabled the rapid growth of lucrative internet fraud factories established in its loosely governed borderlands. Many people have said they were trafficked into often heavily fortified scam compounds to target victims with romance or business scams on social media, luring them into making untraceable cryptocurrency payments. Analysts say some are willing participants in the industry worth billions of dollars annually. READ | 23 South Africans freed from human trafficking nightmare in Myanmar Thousands have been repatriated in recent months after a pressure campaign from neighbouring China. On Wednesday, China's Ministry of Public Security said 920 more "Chinese fraud suspects" had been handed over at an eastern Myanmar border crossing with China's province of Yunnan in recent days. They were arrested since 24 March in multiple rounds of raids carried out by Myanmar, the ministry said, adding that computers, mobile phones and bank cards were seized. Images on Chinese state media showed some of the suspects being paraded before the cameras, handcuffed and flanked by security forces. A ministry statement said: This follows the complete eradication of a large-scale telecom fraud park in northern Myanmar near our border. The ministry said their joint efforts with Myanmar have "captured a total of more than 55 000 Chinese fraud suspects". A spokesperson for Myanmar's Border Guard Forces told AFP they "still have more than 1 000 people to transfer" home from the scam centres, without providing details of their nationalities. High-profile cases of Chinese nationals trafficked into scam centres have spurred diplomatic action from Beijing - a key ally of the junta as well as some ethnic minority armed groups controlling parts of Myanmar. However, many of those executing the online scams hail from elsewhere in Asia or from Africa and are brought to Thailand before making illegal crossings to Myanmar.
New Straits Times
24-04-2025
- New Straits Times
China repatriates 900 from Myanmar scam centres
YANGON: China has repatriated more than 900 citizens it suspects of working in internet scam centres in Myanmar's borderlands, a Beijing ministry said. Myanmar's many-sided civil war – sparked by a 2021 coup – has enabled the rapid growth of lucrative internet fraud factories established in its loosely governed borderlands. Many people have said they were trafficked into often heavily fortified scam compounds to target victims with romance or business scams on social media, luring them into making untraceable cryptocurrency payments. Analysts say some are willing participants in the industry worth billions of dollars annually. Thousands have been repatriated in recent months after a pressure campaign from neighbouring China. China's Ministry of Public Security said Wednesday 920 more "Chinese fraud suspects" had been handed over at an eastern Myanmar border crossing with China's province of Yunnan in recent days. They were arrested since March 24 in multiple rounds of raids carried out by Myanmar, the ministry said, adding that computers, mobile phones and bank cards were seized. Images on Chinese state media showed some of the suspects being paraded before the cameras handcuffed and flanked by security forces. "This follows the complete eradication of a large-scale telecom fraud park in northern Myanmar near our border," said a ministry statement. The ministry said their joint efforts with Myanmar have "captured a total of more than 55,000 Chinese fraud suspects." A spokesman for Myanmar's Border Guard Forces told AFP they "still have more than 1,000 people to transfer" home from the scam centres, without providing details of their nationalities. High-profile cases of Chinese nationals trafficked into scam centres have spurred diplomatic action from Beijing – a key ally of the junta as well as some ethnic minority armed groups controlling parts of Myanmar. However, many of those executing the online scams hail from elsewhere in Asia or from Africa, and are brought to Thailand before making illegal crossings to Myanmar.--AFP
Arab News
24-04-2025
- Arab News
Jordanian military foils attempt to smuggle drugs using a drone
DUBAI: The Jordan Armed Forces on Wednesday evening announced that it had foiled an attempt on the southern border to smuggle narcotics into the country using a drone. A military source from the General Command told Petra news agency that Border Guard Forces in the southern military zone, in coordination with military security agencies and the anti-narcotics department, detected and tracked a drone attempting to cross into Jordanian territory. The drone was intercepted and brought down, and the seized narcotics were handed over to the authorities for further investigation. The source reaffirmed the Jordan Armed Forces' commitment to using all its capabilities to prevent any form of infiltration or smuggling, emphasizing the military's ongoing efforts to protect Jordan's security and stability.
Ammon
23-02-2025
- Ammon
Army thwarts drug smuggling attempt on western front
Ammon News - The Southern Military Zone thwarted on Sunday morning an attempt to smuggle narcotic substances loaded with a drone on its western front within its area of responsibility. An official source in the General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces stated: "The Border Guard Forces in the Southern Military Zone, in coordination with military security agencies and the Anti-Narcotics Department, intercepted an illegal drone infiltration attempt at the border. Engagement protocols were applied, and the drone was brought down within Jordanian territory, after which it was handed over to the competent authorities." The source stressed that the Jordanian Armed Forces are working with all their strength and determination to harness all capabilities to confront such operations and prevent infiltration and smuggling operations to maintain the security and stability of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
