Jordanian security forces capture homing pigeon delivered by ISIS

In a press conference that took place on Wednesday, the commander of the Border Guard announced that his forces captured a homing pigeon sent by ISIS fighters in Iraq.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Updated: MAY 4, 2016 15:51
ISIS pigeon (photo credit: ING IMAGE/ASAP,JPOST STAFF)
ISIS pigeon
(photo credit: ING IMAGE/ASAP,JPOST STAFF)
Jordanian Border Guards have captured a homing pigeon sent by ISIS to a resident of the Hashemite Kingdom, the Jordanian daily newspaper al-Ghad reported.
In a press conference that took place on Wednesday, the commander of the Border Guard, Brig. Gen Saber al-Mahayreh, announced that his forces captured a homing pigeon sent by ISIS fighters in Iraq to a person residing in Jordan with a letter addressed to him.
According to Mahayreh, the Border Guards have also seized a spy plane dispatched by ISIS to Jordan's territory.
In addition,  a Border Guards commander revealed that ISIS is using Syrian asylum seekers residing in a refugee camp in Rukban, near Jordan's north-eastern border with Syria, to collect intelligence about the kingdom.