Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Border guards early Saturday destroyed two vehicles used by drug smugglers as they attempted to breach the frontier, and seized large amounts of drugs stashed inside them, according to a source at the Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army Command Headquarters.

It said guards on the north-eastern border spotted the cars, which were coming from Syrian territory, and applied rules of engagement, destroying them and seizing the contraband, which included 4 million drug pills weighing 835 KG, 4,364 bags of hashish (815 KG) with a combined weight of 1,650 KG.

The source said the drugs were handed over to specialized authorities, and vowed that the armed forces would not tolerate any attempt to undermine the Kingdom's national security, and would not hesitate to deal with such attempts before the perpetrators approach the borders.