VIDEO: Journalist giggles as he 'gets high' while reporting next to pile of burning drugs
AS the old cliche goes every day for a journalist is different - but surely this reporter did not ever expect being faced with this challenge.
Quentin Sommerville was left in a fit of giggles and struggled to finish his broadcast - after he reportedly got high from a pile of burning drugs.
The BBC Middle East correspondent posted the hilarious clip called "Don't inhale" on his YouTube page today.
Mr Sommerville described the video as an early Christmas present for his followers.
Quentin Sommerville was left giggling after reporting next to a burning pile of drugs
Dear tweeps, it's been a year of bullets & bloodshed. You've earned a xmas laugh, at my expense
It begins with the journalist seriously telling the camera: "Burning behind me is eight and a half tonnes of heroin, opium, hashish and other narcotics".
He then starts giggling uncontrollable and crouches slightly.
Mr Sommerville then tries again to start reading out his lines but a few words in starts laughing once again.
Before trying to record the segment for a third time the journalist said: "Quick quick quick, we just need one more."
The hilarious video shows Quentin Sommerville getting high next to the drugs
However, before he can utter his lines he again breaks out into a fit of giggles.
Mr Sommerville posted a link to the hilarious video on his Twitter today.
He tweeted: "Dear tweeps, it's been a year of bullets & bloodshed. You've earned a xmas laugh, at my expense".