ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
2011-07-S-048
For Immediate Release 

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 16, 2011) – A combined Afghan and coalition patrol targeted a drug lab during an operation in Baghran district, Helmand province, yesterday. 

The operation seized 2,205 pounds (1,000 kilograms) of calcium oxide, three opium presses, two drying vats and a quantity of narcotics producing equipment. 

Two insurgents were killed by an air weapons team during the operation when they posed a threat to the combined force. 

The drugs and paraphernalia were destroyed on site.
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