GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The police in Afghanistan eastern province of Ghazni have seized and torched over 120 tons of drugs from the anti-government Taliban militants, inflicting heavy blow to the outfit's biggest source of revenues, the Ministry of Interior said Wednesday.
The counter-narcotic police, backed by air forces, launched a special operation resulting in the discovery and elimination of a big quantity of drugs in Deh Yak district's Alokhil village of the province, the ministry said in a statement reached Xinhua.
"Seven drugs processing factories and big reservoirs, with more than 120 tons of norco-drugs, have been discovered and set on fire, during the overnight search operation, eliminating the main source of the militants revenues in Ghazni and neighboring provinces," according to the statement.
Elsewhere in the country's northern Samangan province, more than 2,000 kilograms of optimums seized from drug-traffickers have been set ablaze, according to a separate statement from the ministry.
The burnt drugs included poppy, hashish, heroin and morphine, which have been confiscated from smugglers and drug-dealers, during 75 counter-drugs cases in past two years, the source added.
The police also arrested 109 people along with dozens of vehicles in connection to the cases, the source further said.
