Jordanian Border Guards, in co-operation with the Anti-Narcotics Department (AND), on Tuesday (October 16th) foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs through the Jordanian-Syrian border, the Jordan Times reported Wednesday.
Border Guards and AND personnel thwarted an infiltration attempt by drug smugglers and seized the narcotics in their possession, a Public Security Department statement said.
Co-ordination and information exchange between AND and the military security on the planned smuggling resulted in detecting some people on the northern border, the statement added.
Security personnel applied the rules of engagement followed in such situations, forcing the infiltrators to return to Syrian territory.
A search of the area led to the discovery of 241 palm-sized sheets of hashish and 113,000 Captagon pills, the statement said, adding that an investigation into the incident has begun.
