Jordan's army faces deadly fight against Syria drug smugglers
The Jordanian army says highly organised and heavily armed groups based in Syria are determined to smuggle drugs into the kingdom.
The BBC's Yolande Knell met soldiers patrolling Jordan's north-eastern border who have killed more than 30 smugglers so far this year and made huge hauls of the illegal amphetamine Captagon.
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