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Photos showed paramilitary officers in camouflage uniforms and holding rifles beside boxes filled with packets of what was presumably crystal meth. [photo / Chinanews.com]

Boshe's villagers had resisted anti-drug authorities for years, blockading the village entrance with motorcycles when word of a raid spread. They would brandish replica AK-47s, lay nail boards on the road and hurl rocks and homemade grenades at officers, said the Yangcheng Evening News based in Guangzhou, Guangdong's capital.

The Boshe raid was part of "Operation Thunder," an ongoing crackdown on illicit drugs launched in July which has resulted in the detention of 11,000 suspects and the seizure of eight tons of drugs.

Lufeng has sent six teams to Boshe and other villages, tasked with rebuilding the government structure and helping villagers find a way to make a legal living.

Boshe residents earned their living from agriculture before many of them became involved in drugs.

Harvesting herba ephedrae, from which methamphetamine is extracted, earned them 500 yuan (US$82) a day. A student could earn 10,000 yuan a month pouring powder into capsules.

The business made many villagers rich, but seriously affected the remainder. Those not involved found it hard to survive amidst rocketing prices and widespread pollution caused by drug manufacture.

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