Transnational drug ring smashed by joint operation
Xinhua, June 23, 2016 Adjust font size:
A joint law enforcement operation by the customs and police of China, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, busted a drug gang, arresting six suspects and seizing over 28 kg methamphetamine.
According to a statement issued by Guangzhou Customs on Thursday, customs officers were informed on May 26 that cargo could contain drugs.
Police with the customs discovered that the cargo contained mobile power packs bound for the Philippines from a port in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, on May 30.
A further investigation showed that the declarer of the cargo was a woman from Hubei Province who had a drug use record and had been engaged in foreign trade in Guangzhou since 2011. The woman's Nigerian boyfriend could the mastermind of the drug smuggling.
On May 30, the cargo was intercepted during declaration by customs officers and police. Among the 934 mobile power packs, 4.87 kg of methamphetamine was found.
The two suspects were caught by police on May 31. The driver in charge of the cargo was caught later, according to the statement.
After interrogation, the suspects confessed that three more batches of cargo containing drugs had been exported to Thailand and Vietnam.
The General Administration of Customs of China worked with the law enforcement departments of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia.
On June 2, over 8.5 kg of methamphetamine was seized and two suspects caught in Thailand. Another 15 kg of methamphetamine was seized in Vietnam on June 3 and one more suspect was nabbed in Cambodia on June 13. Endi