Amman, Sept. 14 (Petra) -- Eastern Military Zone troops thwarted three attempts to smuggle large quantities of drugs before dawn, Monday, intercepting electronically guided balloons carrying the narcotics across the border.

Border guard units, in coordination with military security agencies and the Anti-Narcotics Department, detected the balloons at multiple locations, brought them down inside Jordanian territory and seized the drug cargo, the Jordan Armed Forces – Arab Army (JAF) said.

The drugs were referred to the relevant authorities for legal action.

The JAF vowed it will continue confronting all smuggling and infiltration attempts across the border with full force, tracking the methods used to carry them out, and taking the necessary operational measures to deal with them.

//Petra// NQ