A Jordanian soldier is killed in a clash with drug smugglers along the border with Syria

Jordanian troops clashed Tuesday with dozens of drug smugglers along the country's northern border with Syria, leaving several dead including one soldier while another was wounded, the army said. The smugglers were trying to bring into Jordan “large amounts of drugs” while taking advantage of fog and low visibility, a statement by the Jordanian Armed Forces said. Smugglers have used Jordan over the past years to send highly addictive Captagon amphetamines out of Syria, mainly to oil-rich Arab Gulf states.