Wednesday, the State Security Court held a session in the 'tobacco case,' headed by the civil judge, Dr. Nasser Al-Salamat. Civil judge Afif Al-Khawaldeh and Major Safwan Al-Zoubi were also present. 

The Public Prosecutor submitted his written argument, and the defense attorneys were given a two-week period to present their final written arguments.

On Jan. 6, the State Security Court began the countdown to announcing its verdict in the largest corruption case in the Kingdom- known in the media as the "Awni Mutee" case- involving a fake tobacco factory. 

The court agreed to form a committee of specialized experts to review all seizures and inventory reports, at the request of the defense attorneys and defendants in the case.

This came during a public session held under the chairmanship of the civilian judge, Dr. Nasser Al-Salamat, with the membership of the civil judge, Afif Al-Khawaldeh, and the military judge, Major Safwan Al-Zoubi, and in the presence of the State Security Prosecutor, the major military judge Amjad Tadros.

A verdict will be issued after expert testimony is given in two weeks. 

All rounds of the trial were concluded after hearing the evidence of the Public Prosecution, which amounted to 141 witnesses. 

The Public Prosecution Office of the State Security Court had formed a special team of public prosecutors to investigate the suspects in the "tobacco factory" case, based on a decision of the Public Prosecutor.

Those involved were charged with jointly carrying out acts that endanger the safety and security of society and economic resources; carrying out acts that would change the economic entity of the country or endangering the basic conditions of society; joint customs evasion as described as an economic crime; fraud jointly in the quality of goods; tax evasion, and laundering money.

The case file included 135 documents ranging from investigation records, customs statements, "inspection seizures", inventory committee reports, and other documents related to the case, in addition to the entire case file.

The value of damages caused by the case of Awni Mutee and his partners on the Jordanian economy amounted to about JD 539 million, according to the indictment published by the Public Prosecution Department earlier.