KABUL, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Counter-Narcotics police have destroyed 62 drug processing labs and arrested 69 persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's western Ghor province, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency on Monday.
The Counter-Narcotics police made the announcement after a series of operations launched in the province over the past more than a year, the news agency added.
Police also uncovered a huge quantity of materials used in manufacturing heroin from the sites of the operations, it said.
Afghan authorities have intensified crackdown on illicit drugs and those involved in the business.
