KABUL, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Police have discovered and destroyed a drug-processing lab in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, provincial police spokesman Ezatullah Haqqani said Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided the Bughni area on Saturday. In addition to smashing the drug-processing lab, police also discovered a huge quantity of the illegal objects used in manufacturing heroin, the official added.
Police have taken into custody a person in charge of operating the drug lab for further investigation, the official said.
The Afghan interim government has vowed to fight against illicit drugs until the once-poppy growing country becomes a drug-free nation. ■
