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Police discover large amounts of drugs. [Photo: cpd.com]

A total of 182 suspects from 18 drug production and trafficking rings were arrested in and outside the village, along with the seizure of 2.95 tons of crystal meth and 260 kilograms of ketamine, a powerful drug used as a veterinary anesthetic. Police also found nine guns and 62 bullets, according to the police website.

Two more drug production spots were raided and four more suspects taken away by police between January 1 and 3, the Lufeng public security bureau said.

"The village has made criminal drug production a clan-based, industrialized operation with local protection," police said. "The offenders have for a long time been brazenly committing crimes, avoiding investigations and even ganging up to violently oppose law enforcement."

China routinely carries out operations targeting illicit drug rings but it's unusual for such wide-ranging law enforcement resources to be deployed against a single village in one operation.

An aerial photo posted on the police website showed dozens of police vans parked in rows outside the walled village of densely built traditional houses. Another photo showed a helicopter taking off and one parked nearby. Speedboats were used to prevent suspects from fleeing the coastal village by sea.

The Yangcheng Evening News, a local newspaper, said the raid involved 3,000 police officers.

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