Security force members check a vehicle at a checkpoint in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan on Jan. 6, 2023. The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, the units of counter-narcotic police launched an operation in Argo district of Badakhshan province on Wednesday, discovering and destroying a drug processing lab and arresting two persons from the site, the news agency reported.
According to the media outlet, the police had also uncovered a huge number of materials used in manufacturing heroin from the site.
Afghan authorities have intensified their crackdown on illicit drugs and those involved in the underground business as security personnel arrested one alleged drug smuggler in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Sunday.
The Afghan Taliban-led interim government issued a decree in April last year, banning poppy cultivation and its processing. Since then, the Afghan police have stepped up the fight against illegal drugs in the country. ■
Security force members check vehicles at a checkpoint in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan on Jan. 6, 2023. The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)
Security force members check a vehicle at a checkpoint in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan on Jan. 6, 2023. The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)