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The operation destroyed the facilities and uncovered large quantities of chemicals and illicit drugs used in heroin production.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects have been taken into custody and transferred to judicial authorities. Case files have been submitted for further legal proceedings, Badri added.<\/p>\n<p>The operation is part of an intensified nationwide campaign against the narcotics trade, targeting traffickers, cultivators and production networks in an effort to dismantle Afghanistan\u2019s illicit drug economy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=28330\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Media News Desk KABUL \u2014 Afghan security forces have dismantled eight clandestine heroin-processing laboratories and arrested 17 suspected drug traffickers in western Ghor province, a local police official said on Sunday. 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