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Armed drug ring cracked in northeast China

Xinhua, August 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Police in the northeastern city of Dalian have arrested more than 30 suspects associated with an organized drug ring,with imitation guns and narcotics seized during the raids.

Police confiscated 3 kg of methamphetamine, or "ice," and 10 replica firearms, according to the Public Security Bureau of Dalian on Tuesday.

The investigation first began in February and the arrest of four major suspects in Dalian followed on July 25. Police seized 2.65 kg of "ice" and 10 imitation guns during the bust.

Two other leading members of the group were arrested in the southern province of Guangdong on Aug. 11. The rest were apprehended across Dalian.

Sixteen suspects were given criminal detention terms for drug dealing charges. Seventeen others received administrative detention for drug abuse, the police said. Endi