Jordanian troops kill 5 smugglers and arrest 15 on Syrian border

The Jordanian army announced in a statement on Saturday that it “killed five drug smugglers and arrested another following clashes with a large armed smuggling gang on the northern border of Syria,” the Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported. 15 people”. .

The agency cited an official military source at the General Command of the Armed Forces as saying that during the operation, “627,000 Captagon pills, 3,439 hashish trees and a Kalashnikov were seized during clashes on the northern border.” Husband type gun.” Kingdom.

Jordanian military sources also told the Petra news agency that the clashes resulted in no casualties among the armed forces.

Earlier today, the Jordanian army declared an armed border conflict with smugglers on the Syrian border, where army soldiers are expelling armed groups into Syria.

The military also said there had been an increase in infiltration and smuggling activities aimed at crossing the border in the past few days.

On December 31, the Jordanian military stated that they were facing “crazy operations” by drug traffickers and weapons smugglers.