KABUL, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The police have discovered a drug processing lab in southern Afghanistan's Uruzgan province and arrested six individuals on the charge of involvement in the illegal business, provincial police spokesman Bilal Uruzgan said Wednesday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a place in the second Police District of the provincial capital Tirin Kot on Tuesday and seized 1,050 kg of material used in manufacturing illicit drugs, the official added.
All the arrested individuals have been taken into custody for investigation, the official noted without providing more details.
In similar operations, police thwarted attempts to smuggle 33 kg of hashish outside Afghanistan via northern Kunduz province on Tuesday as well, and arrested two smugglers. ■
