Joint has drugs brought in by paramilitaries from old part of Palestine (5)

I believe the answer is:

judea

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'joint' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for judea that I've seen before include "where 6a [JESUS] lived" , "Biblical land" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.

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