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25 kg drugs seized in NW China

Xinhua, May 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Police in northwest China's Gansu Province seized around 25 kilograms of heroin in during a stop and search, and apprehended three suspects, the police announced Monday.

Police in the provincial capital city of Lanzhou received information in early April that an organized gang were transporting drugs from the southwestern province of Yunnan to Lanzhou.

On April 23, police stopped a truck in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the southwest of the province, they apprehended two suspects and seized 69 packages of heroin.

Another suspect was arrested in the province's Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture.

All three suspects are in police custody. Endi