KABUL, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Afghan counter-narcotics forces have confiscated 210 kg of illegal drugs and apprehended four suspected smugglers in separate operations across northern Baghlan and eastern Ghazni provinces, local police offices announced Sunday.

In Baghlan's Khenjan district outskirts, authorities arrested two individuals and seized 138 kg of opium poppy. Meanwhile, in Ghazni province, another two suspects were detained with 72 kg of opium in their possession, according to official statements from the respective provincial police offices.

The latest seizure follows a similar raid on Saturday in eastern Nangarhar province's Ghanikhail district, where counter-narcotics units dismantled a drug processing laboratory and recovered quantities of illicit substances used in heroin manufacturing.

The Afghan government has stepped up its crackdown on illicit drugs and those involved in the business, vowing to fight the menace until the country is free from poppy cultivation and substances used in the manufacturing of heroin. ■