Smugglers killed in Jordan-Syria border drugs bust

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Security forces found nearly 2,000 sheets of cannabis and 19,500 Capatagon tablets. (File/AFP)
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  • Several of the smugglers were killed in a gunfight
  • Thousands of Captagon tablets were siezed in the search that followed

DUBAI: A cross-border drugs bust between Syria and Jordan left several people dead and a large haul of narcotics seized.

Members of Jordan鈥檚 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 鈥� while others managed to flee across the border back into Syria, Jordanian news agency PETRA reported.

Security forces later found 1,942 鈥減alm-sized sheets鈥� of cannabis and 19,500 Captagon tablets.

Topics: crime drugs Jordan Syria