Jordanian border guards killed four people and detained two others attempting to infiltrate into the kingdom on Sunday (November 25th), and also foiled two bids to smuggle drugs, AFP reported.
"An infiltration operation was foiled after watching six people attempt to cross the Jordanian (border)," a military official said in a statement.
"The rules of engagement were implemented leading to the death of four and the wounding of two others who were transported to the relevant authorities," the statement said.
Separately, the army said "two bids to smuggle a large quantity of drugs" had been thwarted.
In the first operation, border guards confiscated 362,000 tablets of Captagon, a popular amphetamine, and 50,000 tablets of Tramadol, a powerful opiate-based painkiller.
In the second, they seized 28 bricks of hashish and 72,000 Captagon tablets.
The statement did not specify which country the smugglers or the infiltrators were coming from.
Jordan's army regularly announces it has foiled attempts to infiltrate or smuggle drugs into the kingdom from neighbouring Syria.
