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Two heroin smugglers arrested in SW China

Xinhua, April 22, 2017 Adjust font size:

Police in southwest China's Yunnan Province have arrested two suspects and seized 16.82 kg of heroin.

Police with the public security bureau of Longyang District of Baoshan City received reports on April 15 that two men had attempted to transport a batch of drugs to Kunming, capital of the province, according to the bureau on Saturday.

After investigation, police arrested the two suspects and seized the drugs in a car on a highway in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture at 7 p.m. on Monday.

The suspects confessed that they had obtained the heroin from Myanmar and planned to transport it to Kunming.

The investigation is ongoing. Endi