DUBAI: A cross-border drugs bust between Syria and Jordan left several people dead and a large haul of narcotics seized.
Members of Jordan’s armed forces in the Eastern Military Zone, working with the Anti-Narcotics Department thwarted the attempt to smuggle the drugs into the country on Friday.
Several of the suspects were killed in a gunfight that also left several injured – while others managed to flee across the border back into Syria, Jordanian news agency PETRA reported.
Security forces later found 1,942 “palm-sized sheets” of cannabis and 19,500 Captagon tablets.
