Off the wire
Chinese-built water project to help sustain two thirds of Ethiopian capital population  • Sri Lanka to continue with development projects of former gov't: minister  • Nigeria begins trial of army generals, 20 others who declined to fight Boko Haram  • Rape charges dropped for Bangladesh cricket World Cup hero Rubel  • 28 H7N9 cases reported in east China province this year  • News Analysis: Philippines registers all-time record in foreign direct investment inflows  • 1st LD-Writethru: China February auto sales drop 0.2 pct  • Le Tour de Langkawi cycling results  • Bulgaria seizes 34.2 kg of heroin at border with Turkey  • India strongly objects to Sri Lankan PM "shooting" statement  
You are here:   Home

China arrests 26 in armed drug trafficking bust

Xinhua, March 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Twenty-six members of an armed drug ring have been arrested and six guns seized in central China.

Police also confiscated two kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, said the Public Security Bureau of Xiangxi Tu Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province on Tuesday.

The ring allegedly smuggled drugs from Guangdong Province to Xiangxi. The key gang members Lin Muyu, Xu Jun and Zhou Feng were captured in Hunan and Guangdong on March 5.

More than 100 police took part the raid. The case is still being investigated. Endi