Amman, Jordan (CNN) – Jawad Boulos, a lawyer in the defense of Jordanian MP Imad Al-Adwan, said on Sunday morning that the Israeli investigation authorities had officially informed him of the cancellation of the extension session for the detention decision that was scheduled for today, explaining that this means that he will be released. deputy.
Boulos said in a press statement to the media, a copy of which was received by CNN in Arabic, that the “arrest order” is no longer valid. “He was released from Ofer prison this morning,” he said.
It is likely that the release decision will be in its final procedural stages, pointing out that there is no information related to what will happen after the release until this moment.
No official statements were issued by the Jordanian side regarding the extradition process.
The deputy arrested the aggression on April 23, against the background of what the Jordanian authorities said was “allegations of smuggling a quantity of weapons and gold.”
According to lawyer Boulos, he confirmed to CNN in Arabic that no indictments have been issued against the deputy until the moment, and the defense team had met with the deputy on Thursday at the end of last week, after weeks of ban.
The Jordanian ambassador in Tel Aviv met the deputy, Al-Adwan after his arrest by the Israeli authorities earlier, according to what the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in the words of its media spokesperson, and stressed the respect for his human and legal rights in the circumstances of his detention.
For his part, Osama Al-Saadi, a lawyer in the Defense Authority and a former member of the Israeli Knesset, said that MP Al-Adwan was removed from Ofer prison early and will be released “in the near hours to the King Hussein Bridge and return him to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,” in a statement to the media, a copy of which was received by CNN in Arabic. from him.
And the Israeli intelligence service, or what is known as the “Shin Bet,” had said in a statement, on Sunday: that on “April 22, 2023, Jordanian MP Imad Zaidan Hamid al-Adwan, holding a diplomatic passport, was arrested on suspicion of his involvement in smuggling operations through the Allenby crossing, During a search of his car, 12 rifles and 194 pistols were found.
And the Israeli intelligence added: “Later, others from Judea and Samaria (West Bank) were arrested on suspicion of involvement in smuggling operations with Imad, and the investigation revealed that, since February 2022, Imad smuggled 12 different commodities to the territory of the State of Israel, using a passport.” His diplomatic travels, and Imad smuggled animals – birds and pigeons as well as electronic cigarettes and gold, as it was found that since the beginning of 2023, Imad smuggled illegal immigrants from Jordan to the territory of the State of Israel on several occasions.
The statement added: “The investigation revealed that Imad carried out the smuggling operation out of financial greed and that he received large sums of money in exchange for it, and in conjunction with his investigation in Israel, the security services in Jordan arrested a number of Jordanian officials linked to the smuggling carried out by Imad, at the end of the investigation this morning ( Sunday) Imad was handed over to the Jordanian authorities for further investigation and prosecution.”
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2023-05-07 07:13:42
