(XINHUA)

A major production base for methamphetamine, commonly known as "ice" or "meth," has been rooted out in Boshe Village in Lufeng City, south China's Guangdong Province, after police raids were carried out on December 29, 2013.

Local police announced on January 2 that they had seized 3 tons of methamphetamine and more than 23 tons of raw materials for producing the drug. A total of 182 suspects from 18 drug production and trafficking rings were arrested in and outside of the village.

The village was responsible for more than one third of the methamphetamine produced on the Chinese mainland over the past three years and more than 20 percent of local households were directly involved or had a stake in the drug production and trafficking rings, according to police sources.